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Mean Quotes by Desmond Tutu
- It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what…
- The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence…
- I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.
- Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin.
- You know when ubuntu is there, and it is obvious when it is absent. It has to do with what it means to be truly…
- Bringing people together is what i call 'ubuntu,' which means 'I am because we are.' Far too often people think of themselves as just individuals,…
- There’s no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart beating with love.…
- I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak up for them…
- Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being human. You know…
- All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean…
- This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil…
- And one day, this thing happened to me: I coughed, and the blood just came gushing out of my mouth. ... I still can't believe…
- Oh, 1994, April 27. There won't be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness that had never…
- In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use…
- I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community,…
- ... freedom translates into having a supply of clean water, having electricity on tap; being able to live in a decent home and have a…
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