Desmond Tutu citátov

„Láska je duo, nikdy nie sólo. Ak jeden z hlasov slabne, krása spevu sa stráca.“

—  Desmond Tutu

„Boh nie je rozptýlením.“

—  Desmond Tutu

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

—  Desmond Tutu

„Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.“

—  Desmond Tutu

As quoted in New York Times (19 October 1984)

„There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.“

—  Desmond Tutu

„Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.“

—  Desmond Tutu

„This family has no outsiders. Everyone is an insider.“

—  Desmond Tutu

"And God Smiles," sermon preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, California (6 November 2005)
Kontext: This family has no outsiders. Everyone is an insider. When Jesus said, "I, if I am lifted up, will draw..." Did he say, "I will draw some"? "I will draw some, and tough luck for the others"? He said, "I, if I be lifted up, will draw all." All! All! All! – Black, white, yellow; rich, poor; clever, not so clever; beautiful, not so beautiful. All! All! It is radical. All! Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Bush – all! All! All are to be held in this incredible embrace. Gay, lesbian, so-called "straight;" all! All! All are to be held in the incredible embrace of the love that won’t let us go.

„God is not a diversion.“

—  Desmond Tutu

„A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.“

—  Desmond Tutu

Address at his enthronement as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town (7 September 1986)

„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.“

—  Desmond Tutu

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

—  Desmond Tutu

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

—  Desmond Tutu

Often attributed to Desmond Tutu, actual source is G. W. F Hegel: What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it. Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832)
Misattributed

„Do a little bit of good wherever you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world“

—  Desmond Tutu

Varianta: Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

„If you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. There's nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible.“

—  Desmond Tutu

„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.“

—  Desmond Tutu

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

—  Desmond Tutu

„We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.“

—  Desmond Tutu

„It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.“

—  Desmond Tutu

Zdroj: God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time

„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

As quoted in Unexpected News : Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes (1984) by Robert McAfee Brown, p. 19