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Back Quotes by Desmond Tutu
- We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when…
- The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future
- Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin.
- I believe in MasterPeace. World leaders cannot push back armed conflict alone. We need the whole world to make this happen.
- To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.
- Have you seen a symphony orchestra? There is a person at the back carrying a triangle. Now and again the conductor will point to him…
- Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
- Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not…
- Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the…
- It always comes back to our insecurities, as we say, "Oh, I'm not as good as you." So instead of accepting that perhaps I am…
- We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when…
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