"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."
Desmond Tutu"Failure in a task can arise from a lack of effort."
Quotes to Explore
"If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."
Desmond Tutu"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
Desmond Tutu"Without forgiveness, there's no future."
Desmond Tutu"Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value."
Desmond Tutu"Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning."
Desmond Tutu"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."
Desmond Tutu"God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion."
Desmond Tutu"Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another."
Desmond Tutu"Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
Desmond Tutu"Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes."
Desmond Tutu"We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water."
Desmond Tutu"It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul."
Desmond Tutu"Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back."
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