Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. Desmond Tutu More Quotes by Desmond Tutu More Quotes From Desmond Tutu Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth Desmond Tutu defenceclimateearth Forgiveness is something that we are often asked to grant and very few of us ever have the roadmap of how to get from the pain that we have experienced to being able to forgive someone. Desmond Tutu forgivingablepain The heart of the Christian Gospel is precisely that God is the all holy One; the all powerful One is also the One full of mercy and compassion. He is not a neutral God inhabiting some inaccessible Mount Olympus. He is a God who cares about His children and cares enormously for the weak, the poor, the naked, the downtrodden, the despised. He takes their side not because they are good, since many of them are demonstrably not so. He takes their side because He is that kind of God, and they have no one else to champion them. Desmond Tutu powerfulchristianchildren I'm so thankful a significant majority of Americans are saying no to military intervention. We've got to find a solution that will in the end be one that makes Syria a better country, a better people. We can be human only together. Desmond Tutu militarycountrypeople Men and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers. Desmond Tutu mothermenboys It may seem daunting, but I am a prisoner of hope. We are more connected than ever before, we have more knowledge, and there are solutions if we work together. Today's technology is a great asset in encouraging global cooperation and understanding. Desmond Tutu technologyunderstandingtogether Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives. Desmond Tutu artistlifeorder Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings. Desmond Tutu gazatestsbelieve Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge. Desmond Tutu politicsrevenge We can encourage more of our universities and municipalities, foundations, corporations, individuals and cultural institutions... to move their money out of the problem (fossil fuels) and into the solutions (renewable energy) Desmond Tutu futurevisionmoving I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place. Desmond Tutu sorryheavenmean Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations. Desmond Tutu nationsindividual For both the offender and the victim, the pain is there, often unacknowledged and that is when it can cause harm through festering. When I ignore a physical wound, it does not go away. No, it festers and goes bad. Desmond Tutu going-awaypaincauses The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons. Desmond Tutu collaborationchangelaw 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. Desmond Tutu moralselfway When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread. Desmond Tutu politicalpeoplejesus God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion. Desmond Tutu conflictsideslove-is In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t. Desmond Tutu what-mattersdonebelieve If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu bullyingsidesjustice Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, "God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?" Desmond Tutu earswantsometimes
