My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma
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 … - 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 …
- Desmond Tutu
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. - Desmond Tutu
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. - Desmond Tutu
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you … - Desmond Tutu
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you …
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. - Desmond Tutu
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
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.
I can't control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it. - Desmond Tutu
I can't control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.
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.
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 … - Desmond Tutu
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 …
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