Desmond TutuWe must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have … ▶371Reflection
Desmond TutuTo be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo. ✨ Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). The words of Desmond Tutu, New… ▶361Reading
Desmond TutuI certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people. ✨ The secrets of a peacemaker. Inte… ▶372HumanityTruth
Desmond TutuDo your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ✨ FaceBook post byDesmond Tutu from Jan 04, 2014372Reading
Desmond TutuWho can stop climate change? We can. You and you and you, and me. And it is not just that we can stop it, we have a responsibility to do so that began in the genesis of humanity, … ▶373Humanity
Desmond TutuTrue peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other ide… ▶373HumanityTruth
Desmond TutuFor Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.362Reflection
Desmond TutuWe must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God. ✨ Desmond Tutu (2011). God Is Not a Christ… ▶352ReadingTruth
Desmond TutuMen and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers.363Death
Desmond TutuThe destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time. ✨ Facing One of the Greatest Human Rights Challenges of Our Time by Jackie Jenkins-Scot… ▶342HumanityTime
Desmond TutuAll of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others ✨ FaceBook post byDesmond Tutu from Dec 18, 2014375HumanityReading
Desmond TutuForgiving 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 remembering part is parti… ▶375Death
Desmond TutuThe truth of who we are is that we are because we belong.353Truth
Desmond TutuIn South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and … ▶375HumanityPolitics
Desmond TutuGod is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.376Time
Desmond TutuI don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed to human rights doesn't find the death penal… ▶344DeathHumanity
Desmond TutuDifferences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. ✨ Desmond Tutu (2011). God Has A Dream: A Visi… ▶355HopeTime
Desmond TutuWe need other human beings in order to be human. ✨ Michael Battle, Desmond Tutu (2009). Ubuntu: I in You and You in Me, p.54, Church Publishing, Inc.344Humanity
Desmond TutuGod says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else... except you.'355Truth
Desmond TutuIn many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. ✨ The secrets of a peacemaker by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 22,… ▶377Humanity
Desmond TutuIn God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. ✨ Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Interview with Dr. Frank Lipman, www.bewell.com. April 14, 2009.378Sadness
Desmond TutuIt was Christians, you know, not Pagans, who were responsible for the Holocaust. It was Christians, not Pagans, who lynched people here in the South, who burned people at the stak… ▶378Humanity
Desmond TutuBefore Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was t… ▶323Death
Desmond TutuWhen we look squarely at injustice and get involved, we actually feel less pain, not more, because we overcome the gnawing guilt and despair that festers under our numbness. We cl… ▶368Sadness
Desmond TutuOne of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.313LifePhilosophy
Desmond TutuAnd God says to all of us, you are no chicken; you are an eagle. Fly, eagle, fly. And God wants us to shake ourselves, spread our pinions, and then lift off and soar and rise, and… ▶335LoveReading
Desmond TutuReligion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.335Reading
Desmond TutuIf you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. There's nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive agains… ▶357Humanity
Desmond TutuTo forgive is not just to be altruistic. ✨ Desmond Tutu (2012). No Future Without Forgiveness, p.35, Random House291HopeTime
Desmond TutuWe are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are… ▶346HumanityLove
