Desmond Tutu Quotes

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Without forgiveness, there's no future. - Desmond Tutu quote.
Without forgiveness, there's no future.
— Desmond Tutu

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Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. - Desmond Tutu quote.
Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
— Desmond Tutu

race

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. - Desmond Tutu quote.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
— Desmond Tutu

family

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. - Desmond Tutu quote.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
— Desmond Tutu
There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible and we, the natives, had the land. They said 'Let us pray,' and we dutifully shut our eyes. When we opened them, why, they now had the land and we had the Bible. - Desmond Tutu quote.
There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible and we, the natives, had the land. They said 'Let us pray,' and we dutifully shut our eyes. When we opened them, why, they now had the land and we had the Bible.
— Desmond Tutu

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