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Desmond Tutu Quotes

Desmond Tutu quotes

South african Leader October 7, 1931

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We 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
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed. Desmond Tutu
Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. Desmond Tutu
In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights. Desmond Tutu
I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. Desmond Tutu
God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God. Desmond Tutu
For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too. Desmond Tutu
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu
For 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. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not..."
Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of..."
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants..."
God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a..."
I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. Desmond Tutu
Before 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 talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu quote: "Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts..."
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime. Desmond Tutu

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