Desmond Tutu

Ultimately, suffering is always political with all kinds of justifications – there are those who justify Israel’s occupation of land as being a fulfillment of what God had promised.

Desmond Tutu

We are always at our best when compassion enables us to recognize the unique pressures and singular stories of the people on the other side of our conflicts.

Desmond Tutu

We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.

Desmond Tutu

We are going to have to be very careful that we give people the hope that freedom is actually better than unfreedom.

Desmond Tutu

We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.

Desmond Tutu

We can only be human together.

Desmond Tutu

We give kudos to people who have succeeded. We don’t care in what they succeeded as long as they succeeded. The worst thing that can happen to anybody in this cultural environment is to fail.

Desmond Tutu

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

We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.

Desmond Tutu

When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.

Desmond Tutu