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Desmond Tutu Quotes

Desmond Tutu quotes

South african Leader October 7, 1931

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God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. Desmond Tutu
We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with de? Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful... and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things. Desmond Tutu
It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success. Faithful actions are not religious acts. They are not even necessary actions undertaken by people of faith. Faithful actions, whether they are marked by success or they end in failure, are actions that are compelled by goodness. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to..."
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as..."
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make..."
The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies."
In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "But God can only smile because only God can know what is..."
But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next. Desmond Tutu
My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right. Desmond Tutu
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 of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime. Desmond Tutu
...the cycle of reprisal and counter reprisal that had characterized their national history had to be broken and that the only way to do this was to go beyond retributive justice to restorative justice, to move on to forgiveness, because without it there was no future. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best..."
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. Desmond Tutu
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, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human..."
A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships. Desmond Tutu
In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. Desmond Tutu

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