Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It isn't that it's questionable when you speak up for the right of people with different sexual orientation. People took some part… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
You have to understand that the Bible is really a library of books and it has different categories of material. There are… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!'… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African underTutustanding is far more restorative - not so much… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If you are going to be a leader, you must have a record where people saw you are standing up against injustice… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Love is universal. You don't have to tell somebody that loving is better than hating. You don't have to believe in God… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Differences are not intended to separate or to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We must embrace our differences, even celebrate our diversity. We must glory in the fact that God created each of us as… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
A person who is assured of the love of God will see his fellow men in a different light and treat them… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It always comes back to our insecurities, as we say, "Oh, I'm not as good as you." So instead of accepting that… — 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
