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Desmond Tutu Quotes - Page 16

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The devastation wreaked by landmines is not only horrendous but immoral

The devastation wreaked by landmines is not only horrendous but immoral

Devastation, Landmines, Immoral

You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.

Smart, Fire, Being Smart

I am human because I belong, I participate, I share.

Share, Humans

Have you seen a symphony orchestra? There is a person at the back carrying a triangle. Now and again the conductor will point to him or her and that person will play "ting." That might seem so insignificant, but in the conception of the composer something irreplaceable would be lost to the total beauty of the symphony if that "ting" did not happen.

Play, Symphony, Community

What has happened to us? It seems as if we have perverted our freedom, our rights into license, into being irresponsible. Perhaps we did not realise just how apartheid has damaged us so that we seem to have lost our sense of right and wrong.

Rights, Lost, Apartheid

"Desmond Tutu Turns 75". www.news24.com. October 06, 2006.

Like humility, generosity comes from seeing that everything we have and everything we accomplish comes from God's grace and God's love for us . . . Certainly it is from experiencing this generosity of God and the generosity of those in our life that we learn gratitude and to be generous to others.

Gratitude, Humility, Generosity

Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic age. Together, we have the power to decide whether the nuclear era ends in a bang or worldwide celebration.

Religious, People, Goal

"It's time to rid the world of nuclear weapons" by Desmond Tutu, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2010.

It was Christians, you know, not Pagans, who were responsible for the Holocaust. It was Christians, not Pagans, who lynched people here in the South, who burned people at the stake, frequently in the name of this Jesus Christ.

Christian, Religious, Jesus

I am deeply moved by the warmth and courage of the Canadian people which I felt so strongly during my recent visit to your country. Your support of the struggle against apartheid restored me in my journey home and reassured me that many just people around the world are with us.

Country, Struggle, Home

I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.

Dust, Evil, Apartheid

Interview with Nick Stadlen, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2007.

And you remember the rainbow in the Bible is the sign of peace. The rainbow is the sign of prosperity. We want peace, prosperity and justice and we can have it when all the people of God, the rainbow people of God, work together.

People, Justice, Rainbow

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

Yesterday, People, Looks

Interview with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. October 24, 2007.

Reconciliation is a long process. We don't have the kind of race clashes that we thought would happen. What we have is xenophobia, and it's very distressing. But maybe you ought to be lenient with us. We've been free for just 12 years.

Xenophobia, Race, Years

Interview with Sonja Steptoe, content.time.com. October 17, 2006.

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.

White, Racism, People

The New York Times, January 3, 1985.

Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression, peace over exploitation and bitterness.

Easter, Hate, Justice

Desmond Tutu (1982). “Crying in the wilderness: the struggle for justice in South Africa”, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

We seek a restorative justice, not a retributive justice.

Justice, Retributive Justice, Restorative Justice

Hate has no place in the house of God.

Hate, House, House Of God

There is no peace precisely because there has been no justice. As painful and inconvenient as justice may be, we have seen that the alternative allowing accountability to fall by the wayside is worse.

Fall, Justice, Accountability

There is room for everyone; there is room for every culture, race, language and point of view.

Race, Views, Rooms

Once you have women liberated, it's amazing how many other problems get resolved--pover ty, education, health. Women are the key in any community.

Keys, Community, Problem

The reprisal against the suicide bomber does not bring peace. There is a suicide bomber, a reprisal and then a counter-reprisal. And it just goes on and on.

Suicide, Doe, Bombers

The time has now come to slow down, to sip Rooibos tea with my beloved wife in the afternoons, to watch cricket, to travel to visit my children and grandchildren, rather than to conferences and conventions and university campuses.

Children, Beloved Wife, Tea

"South Africa's Tutu announces retirement". www.cnn.com. July 22, 2010.

You and I are created for transcendence, laughter, caring. God deliberately did not make the world perfect, for God is looking for you and me to be fellow workers with God.

Laughter, Caring, Perfect

University of Michigan Wallenberg Lecture, October 29, 2008.

That's the chief lesson I have learned: the texture of our universe is one where there is no question at all but that good and laughter and justice will prevail.

Laughter, Justice, Texture

I often accompanied my father. I really liked riding with him on his bicycle on Saturdays. He was very fond of fishing. I don’t think I liked fishing. I mean, you had to sit quietly and still, but I enjoyed the ride. And it was fun, it was fun. I mean, as I say, you didn’t go around lugging a deep sense of resentment. We knew, yes, we were deprived. It wasn’t the same thing for white kids, but it was as full a life as you could make it. I mean, we made toys for ourselves with wires, making cars, and you really were exploding with joy!

Fun, Father, Mean

"Forging Equality in South Africa". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 12, 2004.

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