“Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering― remembering and not using your right to hit back."
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
“We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.”
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.”
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
“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(1931-2021)
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
“Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.”
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
"You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral."
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)
"We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth."
― Desmond Tutu(1931-2021)