Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
TUTU DESMONDWe learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
-
-
God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
TUTU DESMOND -
We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
TUTU DESMOND -
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone’s back.
TUTU DESMOND -
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
TUTU DESMOND -
If you are setting out to be joyful you are not going to end up being joyful. You’re going to find yourself turned in on yourself. It’s like a flower. You open, you blossom, really because of other people.
TUTU DESMOND -
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
TUTU DESMOND -
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.
TUTU DESMOND -
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.
TUTU DESMOND -
In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
TUTU DESMOND -
I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil.
TUTU DESMOND -
I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
TUTU DESMOND -
Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
TUTU DESMOND -
Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
TUTU DESMOND -
Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end.
TUTU DESMOND -
Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don’t have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
TUTU DESMOND -
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
TUTU DESMOND -
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
TUTU DESMOND -
Forgiveness does not relieve someone of responsibility for what they have done. Forgiveness does not erase accountability. It is not about turning a blind eye or even turning the other cheek.
TUTU DESMOND -
We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.
TUTU DESMOND -
A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
TUTU DESMOND -
We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
TUTU DESMOND -
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.
TUTU DESMOND -
We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
TUTU DESMOND -
Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
TUTU DESMOND -
We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
TUTU DESMOND -
There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
TUTU DESMOND