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Desmond Tutu Quotes: A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
         

A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.


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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.



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.

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.



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

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



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

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



You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.



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

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



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

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



To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.



Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.



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

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





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For though, I walk through the valley of shadows of Death, I will never fear. For You are in Me and I know You will never let me Go.

For though, I walk through the valley of shadows of Death, I will never fear. For You are in Me and I know You will never let me Go.



I faced a fear and on the other side I found passion. Don’t let fear hold you back, you never know what you might find.

I faced a fear and on the other side I found passion. Don’t let fear hold you back, you never know what you might find.



Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.

Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.



I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees.

I have shown that Swedish top students know statistically significantly less about the world than the chimpanzees.



I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.

I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.



I love you. Most ardently.

I love you. Most ardently.



I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying.

I'm not stopping. My dream has come true, and I'm staying.



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I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits



Thought is like a bubble rising to the surface. When thought is joined to will, we call it power. That which strikes the sick person whom you are trying to help is not thought, but power.

Thought is like a bubble rising to the surface. When thought is joined to will, we call it power. That which strikes the sick person whom you are trying to help is not thought, but power.



Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will be taught. Use the library. Open any book.

Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will be taught. Use the library. Open any book.




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