What has happened to us? It seems as if we have perverted our freedom, our rights into license, into being irresponsible. Perhaps… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
You think sometimes that maybe if the person who hurt you is clobbered you will feel a little better. But it actually… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The moment our dignity is undermined, we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored - especially if we… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When I talk of forgiveness I mean the belief that you can come out the other side ... a better person than… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
And one day, this thing happened to me: I coughed, and the blood just came gushing out of my mouth. ... I… — 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
It may seem daunting, but I am a prisoner of hope. We are more connected than ever before, we have more knowledge,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Every praying person, every person who has an encounter with God, must have a passionate concern for his or her brother and… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else. — 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
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
In terms of the New Testament the Jews must suffer, therefore we will put it into practice if we will in charge… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If we are to say that religion cannot be concerned with politics then we are really saying that there is a substantial… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is WOMEN! — 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
If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations. — 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
Religious people should be very active if they believe that the world belongs to God, and politics is a very important part… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When God grabs you by the scruff of the neck then although theoretically you have a freedom to say 'no', in another… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
If you do not for give you actually are tying yourself to the perpetrator, that you are going to live your life… — 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
Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Look at Nelson Mandela. Why did people want to follow him? He's a lousy speaker. If he hadn't got all the other… — 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
