Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.
Desmond TutuI will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been.
Desmond TutuOnly if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack.
Desmond TutuYour ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
Desmond TutuI am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls.
Desmond TutuIt's a fantastic thing that from moment to the next moment if God were to have stopped for a split second we would disintegrate into nothingness. And the incredible thing is that God breaths this breath and keeps each of us in existence, in being, even when we chose to reject God. Now if I had that kind of power I would snuff you out! But God doesn't.
Desmond Tutu