“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“Do a little bit of good wherever you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world”
― Desmond Tutu
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“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.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“...the cycle of reprisal and counter reprisal that had characterized their national history had to be broken and that the only way to do this was to go beyond retributive justice to restorative justice, to move on to forgiveness, because without it there was no future.”
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“Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“When God grabs you by the scruff of the neck then although theoretically you have a freedom to say 'no', in another sense, actually, you can't say no because it's like Jeremiah. 'God, you have cheated me. You called me to be a prophet against the people that I love, and all that I proclaim is words of doom and judgement.' And yet if I say "I will shut up", I can't.”
― Desmond Tutu
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“A person is a person because s/he recognizes others as persons.”
― Desmond Tutu
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