Compelled Quote by Desmond Tutu

“God has such a deep reverence for our freedom that he'd rather let us freely go to Hell than be compelled to go to Heaven.”

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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…

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Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.

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We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black…

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Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

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Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences.

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Our Christian faith is actually very subversive of the conventional notion of success - the notion that what invests a person with worth is…

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Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity.

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Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an…

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People are able to justify immense cruelty and say that it is something that is sanctioned by their faith.

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South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.

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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…

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“child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen.”

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See with what force yon river's crystal stream Resists the weight of many a massy beam. To sink the wood the more we vainly…

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The most deeply compelled action is also the freest action. By that I mean, no part of you is outside the action.

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