Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
As the victim, you offer the gift of your forgiving to the perpetrator who may or may not appropriate the gift but… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Those of us who came to be Christians get to remember that forgiveness cost God the death of God's son. It's an… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Once you have been able to forgive, the final step is to either renew or release the relationship you have with the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible. We do not heal… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I don't struggle to forgive people. I find it quite easy to forgive people for the harms that they have inflicted on… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
True reconciliation is never cheap, for it is based on forgiveness which is costly. Forgiveness in turn depends on repentance, which has… — 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
