I can't for the life of me imagine that God would say, 'I will punish you because you are black; you should… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
One of the things that people sense is that you are not doing this for self-glorification, you are doing it for the… — 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
Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We mustn't romanticize suffering. It can turn people bitter and hard, although it does seem to have been almost indispensable in making… — 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
Our parents will maybe sometimes when they are upset with us and we have been troublesome say something like "Mommy really doesn't… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We must act now and wake up to our moral obligations. The poor and vulnerable are members of God's family and are… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Instead of growing old gracefully, at home with my family - reading and writing and praying and thinking - too much of… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
You tend to think that your time is either the best or the worst, and then when you have a sense of… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There is no peace precisely because there has been no justice. As painful and inconvenient as justice may be, we have seen… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
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
People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
There would be no call for ecological campaigning had nature not been exploited and abused. We experience the ground now bringing forth… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I would hope that wherever I was I would be me. I have been influenced by some wonderful people who showed me… — 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
![“A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust [them]. Often it is people who have been there [in a similar situation to the people he or she is leading]. They would generally be people who are ready to take the risks…” quote by Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c49/desmond-tutu-442_bears_a-leader-is-someone-you-are-not-disappoi_2704899.jpg)
