Desmond Tutu Quotes

Biography: Desmond Tutu was known for his role as a South African Anglican bishop... more Biography: Desmond Tutu was known for his role as a South African Anglican bishop and social rights activist. He gained international fame as a vocal opponent of apartheid during the 1980s. Tutu chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts in promoting racial equality and reconciliation. less

"We are all connected. What unites us is our common humanity.""I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.""Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.""Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.""There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.""I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.""You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.""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.""We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.""We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.""Religion is like a knife: you can use it to cut bread, or you can use it to stab somebody in the back.""Forgiving is not forgetting; it's actually remembering—remembering and not using your right to hit back. It's a second chance for a new beginning.""Without forgiveness, there's no future""Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness""Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world""My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together""If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor"

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