Desmond Tutu

True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#religion

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

#compassion #considers #crumbs #full #himself

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #coming #god #know #next

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#human #humanity #only #together #up

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#before #celebrated #counts #existed #family

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#every #extraordinary #hope #human #human life

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#beginning #chance #forgiveness #given #make

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

— Desmond Tutu

#family #gift #god #them #you

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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