One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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