Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We can enjoy a self-assurance that doesn't depend on the state of things outside ourselves, be it downturns or booms or whatever. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and… — 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
To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When will we learn, when will the people of the world get up and say, Enough is enough. God created us for… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I think we need to grow in our self-assurance that is not scared of being challenged, that the truth we uphold can… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It always comes back to our insecurities, as we say, "Oh, I'm not as good as you." So instead of accepting that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
No one is self-sufficient. And it's not a one-way thing- -the generosity of spirit from one side provokes a response in kind… — 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
