“The worst thing that can happen to anybody in this cultural environment is to fail.”
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Famous Desmond Tutu Quotes
“God would come down and lead us out of bondage. And God led us out of bondage.”
“You have seen after Katrina just what failures there are in American Society.”
“When a fire starts in one it just races through. And that is in a way unconscionable.”
“I think we have got to put fire under the feet of all kinds of people.”
“I think that most of us would say that ubuntu basically speaks about what it means to be human.”
“When the humility of someone is undermined, whether I like it or not mine is undermined as well.”
“Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other.”
“God is forever using especially young people, not oldies like us, God likes using young people.”
“[Pope Francis ] is taken a selfie!He's a tremendous breath of fresh air.”
“We can be human only together. A person is a person to other persons.”
“You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.”
“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”
“If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
“But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.”