Desmond Tutu

Leader

South Africa

1931 - 2021

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We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.
Desmond Tutu
Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
Desmond Tutu
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
Desmond Tutu
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Desmond Tutu
I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.
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I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.
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A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
Desmond Tutu
We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
Desmond Tutu
Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
Desmond Tutu