Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I hope that when the time comes, I am treated with compassion and allowed to pass on to the next phase of… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“do not heal in isolation. Connecting with others is how we develop compassion for others and for ourselves.” — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The heart of the Christian Gospel is precisely that God is the all holy One; the all powerful One is also the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Theology reminded me that, however diabolical the act, it did not turn the perpetrator into a demon. We had to distinguish between… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
You might have thought that a world such as ours, so hard-nosed and cynical and brash, would have very little time for… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I think that because this is a moral universe, then right will prevail, goodness will prevail, compassion will prevail, laughter will prevail,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
God places us in the world as his fellow workers-agents of transfiguration. We work with God so that injustice is transfigured into… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There is no peace in South Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I have heard and seen many examples of the cruelty that we are able to visit on one another during my time.… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There is no peace in Southern Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If forgiving depended on the culprit owning up, then the victim would always be at the mercy of the perpetrator. The victim… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“We are always at our best when compassion enables us to recognize the unique pressures and singular stories of the people on… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
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… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Our Christian faith is actually very subversive of the conventional notion of success - the notion that what invests a person with worth is… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
People are able to justify immense cruelty and say that it is something that is sanctioned by their faith. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
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… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen.” — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
