Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.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
Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.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
In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.Desmond Tutu
When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil.Desmond Tutu
God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.Desmond Tutu
