Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime. Desmond Tutu More Quotes by Desmond Tutu More Quotes From Desmond Tutu At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have said: 'Move your hands,' and I've said 'Look at your hands - different colors representing different people. You are the Rainbow People of God.' Desmond Tutu black-and-whitehomemoving Nothing is too much trouble for Love. Desmond Tutu too-muchtrouble It always comes back to our insecurities, as we say, "Oh, I'm not as good as you." So instead of accepting that perhaps I am not as good as someone else in some ways and being comfortable with who I am as I am, I spend all my time denigrating you, trying to cut you down to my self-perceived size. The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need to celebrate your and my different gifts, even if mine are perhaps less spectacular than yours. Desmond Tutu cuttingwho-i-amself We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and white. Desmond Tutu diversityblack-and-whitejustice Peace without justice is an impossibility. Desmond Tutu impossibilityjusticepeace When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them. Desmond Tutu wantpeople If we succeed in empowering girls, we'll succeed in everything else. Desmond Tutu empoweringsucceedgirl Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that. Desmond Tutu richknowseurope Even the worst dictator, there is not a single one of them who would say "Oh yes, I violate human rights." They all claim "oh no, we respect human rights" even when they are doing the most egregious things. Desmond Tutu dictatorclaimsrights We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. Desmond Tutu squashgodpeople There is no situation that is not transformable. There is no person who is hopeless. There is no set of circumstances that cannot be turned about by ordinary human beings and their natural capacity for love of the deepest sort. Desmond Tutu hopelessspiritualordinary It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men. Desmond Tutu girlpowerfulinspirational If I diminish you, I diminish myself Desmond Tutu diminishifs To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice. Desmond Tutu punishmentrevengejustice Never let anyone make you feel inferior for being who you are. When you live the life you were meant to live, in freedom and dignity Desmond Tutu dignitylive-lifefeels We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water. Desmond Tutu successmotivationalwater A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons. Desmond Tutu persons 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. Desmond Tutu familycompassiondream The world is awful but also the world is beautiful. Human beings are awful, but ultimately human beings are tremendous. Desmond Tutu awfulbeautifulworld 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 forgivenessrealspiritual
