To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.
Desmond TutuGod looks at the Middle East, looks at Palestine. When you go to the Holy Land and see what's being done to the Palestinians at checkpoints, for us, it's the kind of thing we experienced in South Africa.
Desmond TutuI wish that we did have a magic wand which we could wave and hey presto! Magic! Unfortunately life is not like that.
Desmond TutuWe are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a species is threatened by global warming, economic meltdown, and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Yet these threats offer an opportunity to awaken as an interconnected and beloved community.
Desmond Tutu