I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular. Desmond Tutu More Quotes by Desmond Tutu More Quotes From Desmond Tutu Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future. Desmond Tutu forgiveness real spiritual We get most upset with those we love because they are close to us and we know that they are aware of our weaknesses. . . If only we could learn to live with our inadequacies, our frailties, our vulnerabilities, we would not need to try so hard to push away those who really know us. Desmond Tutu upset trying love-is I have struggled against tyranny. I didn't do that in order to substitute another. Desmond Tutu substitutes tyranny order 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 new-testament suffering practice I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote... Desmond Tutu land racism years There’s no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart beating with love. That you and I and all of us are incredible. I mean, we really are remarkable things. That we are, as a matter of fact, made for goodness. Desmond Tutu heart mean reality It's a fantastic thing that from moment to the next moment if God were to have stopped for a split second we would disintegrate into nothingness. And the incredible thing is that God breaths this breath and keeps each of us in existence, in being, even when we chose to reject God. Now if I had that kind of power I would snuff you out! But God doesn't. Desmond Tutu snuff splits next My flock is black, my flock is white. One has got to say to our people, "I love you. I care for you, enormously." And when I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation. Desmond Tutu race white love-you How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? Desmond Tutu orchestra teamwork soccer We have an incredible capacity for the worst possible evil, all of us, it was that we also have this incredible capacity for good. And that is why we are all of us appalled when something bad happens. Because if the bad was the norm, we would just shrug our shoulders and say "well tough luck, this is how the cookie crumbles" kind of thing but none of us does that. Desmond Tutu luck evil doe To travel only a few blocks in his own homeland, an elderly grandfather waits to beg for the whim of a teenage soldier. More than an emergency is required to get to a hospital; less than a crime earns a trip to jail. Desmond Tutu teenage block running The matter of the abuse and cruelty we inflict on other animals has to fight for our attention in what sometimes seems an already overfull moral agenda. It is vital, however, that these instances of injustice not be overlooked. Desmond Tutu abuse fighting animal Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other. Desmond Tutu ubuntu nice want When God grabs you by the scruff of the neck then although theoretically you have a freedom to say 'no', in another sense, actually, you can't say no because it's like Jeremiah. 'God, you have cheated me. You called me to be a prophet against the people that I love, and all that I proclaim is words of doom and judgement.' And yet if I say "I will shut up", I can't. Desmond Tutu necks judgement people All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared; it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid. Desmond Tutu acting fear mean 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! Desmond Tutu priorities giving children I say somewhat facetiously, "I'm so glad I'm not God." Can you imagine being God and looking at Syria and saying: "These are my children. Look at what they're doing to each other." Desmond Tutu imagine children looks This is a moral universe, which means that, despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil and injustice and oppression and lies can have the last word. Desmond Tutu mean lying people Retributive justice is one that says clobber him or clobber her because they clobbered me. So it emphasizes punishment. Desmond Tutu retributive-justice punishment justice An abusive relationship should be easy to identify though often one of the most difficult to end. Desmond Tutu abusive-relationship ends easy
