--- title: "5 Belong Quotes By Desmond Tutu" description: "5 Belong quotes by Desmond Tutu. Plus more from Desmond Tutu and more Belong sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/desmond-tutu-442_belong_each-of-us-is-precious-to-god-because-ea_3958.jpg" --- > [Each of us is precious to God because each of us has their name written on the palms of God's hands. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/each-of-us-is-precious-to-god-because-each-of-us-has-their-name/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/desmond-tutu-442_belong_each-of-us-is-precious-to-god-because-ea_3958.jpg) > [“Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human. When we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/ubuntu-is-very-difficult-to-render-into-a-western-language-it-speaks/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/desmond-tutu-442_nature-of-man_ubuntu-is-very-difficult-to-render-into_187735.jpg) > [I am human because I belong, I participate, I share.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/i-am-human-because-i-belong-i-participate-i-share/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/desmond-tutu-442_belong_i-am-human-because-i-belong-i-participat_771762.jpg) > [The truth of who we are is that we are because we belong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/the-truth-of-who-we-are-is-that-we-are-because-we-belong/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/desmond-tutu-442_community_the-truth-of-who-we-are-is-that-we-are-b_1858673.jpg) > [ “Ubuntu \[...\] speaks of the very essence of being human. \[We\] say \[...\] "Hey, so-and-so has ubuntu." Then you are generous, you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/ubuntu-speaks-of-the-very-essence-of-being-human-we-say-hey-so-and-so/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/desmond-tutu-442_nature-of-man_ubuntu-speaks-of-the-very-essence-of-bei_1960772.jpg) ## Other authors on Belong ## More by Desmond Tutu > [Each of us is precious to God because each of us has their name written on the palms of God's hands. And God says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/each-of-us-is-precious-to-god-because-each-of-us-has-their-name/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/freedom-and-liberty-lose-out-by-default-because-good-people-are-not/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/we-shall-be-free-only-together-black-and-white-we-shall-survive-only/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/many-people-would-be-surprised-that-in-fact-i-m-quite-shy/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/too-many-people-think-that-reconciliation-means-you-soft-pedal/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [Our Christian faith is actually very subversive of the conventional notion of success - the notion that what invests a person with worth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/our-christian-faith-is-actually-very-subversive-of-the-conventional/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/every-situation-of-justice-is-an-occasion-where-someone-is-being/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/race-should-not-be-used-to-claim-privileges-and-rights-for-one-group/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [People are able to justify immense cruelty and say that it is something that is sanctioned by their faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/people-are-able-to-justify-immense-cruelty-and-say-that-it-is/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/south-africa-so-utterly-improbably-is-a-beacon-of-hope-in-a-dark-and/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [I don't often want to speak. I try to be a reasonable person and to be diplomatic, but you go to that place and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/i-don-t-often-want-to-speak-i-try-to-be-a-reasonable-person-and-to-be/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [“child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/child-of-god-known-by-name-and-whose-very-hairs-are-numbered-praise/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/to-remain-neutral-in-situations-of-injustice-is-to-be-complicit-in/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [It's a fantastic thing that from moment to the next moment if God were to have stopped for a split second we would disintegrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/it-s-a-fantastic-thing-that-from-moment-to-the-next-moment-if-god/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) > [Once lost, trust can only be regained if we are as good as our word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/once-lost-trust-can-only-be-regained-if-we-are-as-good-as-our-word/) [Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belong/desmond-tutu/#itemlist", "name": "5 Belong Quotes By Desmond Tutu", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each of us is precious to God because each of us has their name written on the palms of God's hands. 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