“I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday.”
Death
“But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.”
GodAll Quotes by Desmond Tutu
“I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.”
Nature“God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.”
Family“Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.”
Forgiveness“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.”
Peace“God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.”
Religion“Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.”
Education“I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.”
Peace“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
Freedom“Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.”
Hope“It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.”
Best“Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.”
Education“In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.”
Freedom“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”
Forgiveness“In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.”
Peace“Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.”
Courage“If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
Peace“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.”
Forgiveness“You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.”
Family“Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?”
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