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> [ He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. The things he \[Pope Francis\] has done in a short period of time: the fact… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/he-s-a-tremendous-breath-of-fresh-air-the-things-he-pope-francis-has/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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> [Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/because-forgiveness-is-like-this-a-room-can-be-dank-because-you-have/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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> [ \[Pope Francis \] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/pope-francis-is-taken-a-selfie-he-s-a-tremendous-breath-of-fresh-air/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

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## 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/)

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