I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. Desmond Tutu More Quotes by Desmond Tutu More Quotes From Desmond Tutu People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. Desmond Tutu favors speak people If you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. There's nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible. Desmond Tutu injustice-and-oppression hands people We have a planet that is at risk, where resources don't have a permanent life. We are going to have to make the decision: are we going to survive or are we waiting for our extinction? One day we will wake up and find people are fighting not for oil but water. Desmond Tutu oil fighting people I don't often want to speak. I try to be a reasonable person and to be diplomatic, but you go to that place and you see the settlements, you see what has happened to the land that was owned by the Palestinians. I have often said to my Jewish friends: "Please just remember where you come from. Remember Yahweh, who said to the Israelites, 'Treat the alien well with justice.'" Desmond Tutu land justice trying 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. Desmond Tutu government long mean We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is the same with homosexuality. The orientation is a given, not a matter of choice. It would be crazy for someone to choose to be gay, given the homophobia that is present. Desmond Tutu gay crazy choices To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates. Desmond Tutu coins forgiving loss There would be no call for ecological campaigning had nature not been exploited and abused. We experience the ground now bringing forth thistles as soil erosion devastates formerly arable land and deserts overtake fertile farms. Rivers and the atmosphere are polluted thoughtlessly and we are fearful of the consequences of a depleted ozone layer and the devastation of the greenhouse effect. We are not quite at home in our world, and somewhere in each of us there is a nostalgia for a paradise that has been lost. Desmond Tutu ozone home rivers 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 ignorance rights mean We can no longer continue feeding our addiction to fossil fuels as if there is no tomorrow. For there will be no tomorrow. Desmond Tutu fossils addiction fuel Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for. Desmond Tutu voice giving people We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world. Desmond Tutu fractions children world Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. Forgiving means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in his own coin. Desmond Tutu forgiving doe mean 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. Desmond Tutu unity diversity different To treat anyone as if they were less than human, less than a brother or a sister, no matter what they have done, is to contravene the very laws of our humanity. Desmond Tutu brother humanity law Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity - or because of their sexual orientation. Desmond Tutu hate compassion race It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future Desmond Tutu fossils future vision If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else. Desmond Tutu recalls moments ifs Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. Desmond Tutu heart wonderful children Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the family. Whether we oppress or liberate our children in our relationships with them will determine whether they grow up to oppress and be oppressed or to liberate and be liberated. Desmond Tutu growing-up compassion children
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