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It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that underlies them. We are different so that we can know our need of one another.
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If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations.
Desmond Tutu
Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden.
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I give great thanks to God that he has created a Dalai Lama. Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be saying: 'You know, that guy, the Dalai Lama, is not bad. What a pity he's not a Christian'? I don't think that is the case - because, you see, God is not a Christian.
Desmond Tutu
You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.
Desmond Tutu
When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.
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If you are invisible, you are vulnerable. Birth Registration must be everyone's priority. Let's make all children visible and let's give every child a birthday!
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There are things that must evoke our anger to show we care. It is what we do with that anger. If we direct that energy we can use it positively or destructively.
Desmond Tutu
Without forgiveness, there is no future.
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We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
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Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.
Desmond Tutu
In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.
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Human beings have a vested interest in being trustworthy.
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People are killed because they're gay. I don't think, What do I want to do today? I want to speak up on gay rights. No. It's God catching me by my neck. I wish I could keep quiet about the plight of the Palestinians. I can't!
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My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Desmond Tutu
God says, Please, please help me realize this dream. And some of God's best collaborators are the young, because you dream. You dream God's dream.
Desmond Tutu
I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven.
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[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.
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The final and full revelation of God is not a book, it is a person. Jesus Christ.
Desmond Tutu
We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.
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