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Desmond Tutu

Dátum narodenia:7. október 1931
Ďalšie mená:Desmond Mpilo Tutu

Desmond Mpilo Tutu je juhoafrický anglikánsky arcibiskup.

Preslávil sa predovšetkým ako oponent apartheidu, v roku 1984 sa stal druhým Juhoafričanom, ktorý obdržal Nobelovu cenu mieru.

V novembri 2008 začal celosvetovú kampaň proti lovu veľrýb, ktorú podporuje Medzinárodný fond na ochranu zvierat alebo herec Pierce Brosnan a ktorej cieľom je úplný zákaz lovu veľrýb.

Citáty Desmond Tutu

„Keď Pytagoras objavil svoju poučku, obetoval sto volov. Od tých čias sa všetci volovia chvejú, keď sa objaví nová pravda.“

— Desmond Tutu

O pravde

„God is not a diversion.“

— Desmond Tutu

„If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.“

— Desmond Tutu

„Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.“

— Desmond Tutu

„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.“

— Desmond Tutu

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

— Desmond Tutu

„Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing.“

— Desmond Tutu

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

— Desmond Tutu

„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.“

— Desmond Tutu

„We learn from history that we don't learn from history!“

— Desmond Tutu

„When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.“

— Desmond Tutu

„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.“

— Desmond Tutu

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