We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
TUTU DESMONDWe may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
TUTU DESMONDDon’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
TUTU DESMONDDo your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
TUTU DESMONDTransformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
TUTU DESMONDI wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
TUTU DESMONDLife is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
TUTU DESMONDWhen the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
TUTU DESMONDOut 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 DESMONDIn 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 DESMONDWhen we see others as separate, they become a threat. When we see others as part of us, as connected, as interdependent, then there is no challenge we cannot face—together.
TUTU DESMONDIf 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 DESMONDTo protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
TUTU DESMONDIn the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
TUTU DESMONDLanguage is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
TUTU DESMONDIf 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 DESMONDWe need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
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