Afternoon Quote by Desmond Tutu

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

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

— Desmond Tutu

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

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

— Desmond Tutu

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

— Desmond Tutu

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

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

— Desmond Tutu

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

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

— Desmond Tutu

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

— Desmond Tutu

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

“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