Quotes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu - somelinesforyou

“ Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams

“ Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success. Faithful actions are not religious acts. They are not even necessary actions undertaken by people of faith. Faithful actions, whether they are marked by success or they end in failure, are actions that are compelled by goodness. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

“ For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too. ”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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