Each of us is precious to God because each of us has their name written on the palms of God's hands. And… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Most poor people I know are proud and really want not a handout but a hand up. They do have an inherent… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The heart of the Christian Gospel is precisely that God is the all holy One; the all powerful One is also the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies'… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Where we come from does not determine who we can become. What we look like places no limits on what we can… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity. I don't want to oversimplify things - but the suffering of… — 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
All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
One of the things that has always surprised me is why Americans are so patient. Because they have seen not just 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
