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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Anglican Priest
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When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.
Desmond Tutu
But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.
Desmond Tutu
[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.
Desmond Tutu
It is very difficult now in South Africa to find anyone who ever supported apartheid.
Desmond Tutu
In terms of the New Testament the Jews must suffer, therefore we will put it into practice if we will in charge and there will be no sympathy for the Jews when the blacks take over.
Desmond Tutu
Now that they talk about Islam as being a violent faith, when you look at the history of Christendom, the Crusades and the many wars of religion that were fought, the cruelty of Christians in burning what they believed to be witches and burning heretics, and then very recently they were responsible for the Holocaust... it was Christians.
Desmond Tutu
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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It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant.
Desmond Tutu
Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future.
Desmond Tutu
Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an illegitimate use of race.
Desmond Tutu
I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.
Desmond Tutu
Forgiving is not forgetting its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
Desmond Tutu
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.
Desmond Tutu
Laugh more. Don't forget to enjoy the blessings that God bestows on this beautiful planet.
Desmond Tutu
You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
Desmond Tutu
I have no doubt that in the future, the laws that criminalize human love and commitment will look the way the apartheid laws do to us now, so obviously wrong
Desmond Tutu
How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
Desmond Tutu
My vote is my secret.
Desmond Tutu
I'm so, so thrilled that [Pope Francis] is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.
Desmond Tutu
Nothing is too much trouble for Love.
Desmond Tutu