Quotes By Author: Desmond Tutu

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

“A person is a person through other persons.None of us comes into the world fully formed. We would not know how to think, or walk, or speak, or behave as human beings unless we learned it from other human beings. We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.”

“My father always used to say, “Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.” Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.”

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

“We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.”

“Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don’t have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.”

“We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.”

“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.”