Desmond Tutu

"Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you don't want to repeat what happened."
— Desmond Tutu

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Desmond Tutu

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
Desmond Tutu

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
Desmond Tutu

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.
Desmond Tutu

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
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 would like to see you departing peacefully.
Desmond Tutu

When 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.
Desmond Tutu

Without forgiveness, there's no future.
Desmond Tutu

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
Desmond Tutu

(Archbishop Desmond Tutu is Retiring from the Public Arena. There was a delightfully candid interview with his daughter on BBC Radio early this am October 9, 2010)

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