The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.
Interpretation
Desmond Tutu emphasizes the importance of recognizing and celebrating human unity beyond religious boundaries.
In this quote, Desmond Tutu suggests that the divine presence predates religion and relies on humanity to acknowledge and honor the interconnectedness of all people. He calls for a celebration of the shared humanity that transcends religious affiliations, highlighting our collective responsibility to foster understanding and unity within the global family.
In practice
In a speech focused on community building, this quote can serve to inspire collective effort for peace.
The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year searching for more fuel. They should redirect this money toward developing clean energy solutions
As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the world has an even greateer instinct for goodness, rebirth, mercy, beauty, truth, freedom and love.
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.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.
I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.
Zombies are a great rhetorical prop to talk about people and paranoia, and they are a good vehicle for my misanthropy.
Once I lived in time as a fish in water, breathing it, drinking it, sustained by it. Now I kill time and time kills me.
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.
The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred.
I believed in a good home, in sane and sound living, in good food, good times, work, faith and hope. I have always believed in these things. It was with some amazement that I realized I was one of the few people in the world who really believed in these things without going around making a dull middle class philosophy out of it. I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars.
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