Desmond Mpilo Tutu, CH (born 7 October 1931) is a South African social rights activist and retired Angli...
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul. Desmond Tutu
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in. Desmond Tutu
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument. Desmond Tutu
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
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
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled. Desmond Tutu
What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. Desmond Tutu
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations. Desmond Tutu
If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations.
Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations. Desmond Tutu
Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.
But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next. Desmond Tutu
But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.
Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional. Desmond Tutu
Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes. Desmond Tutu
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.