There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.
Desmond TutuThere are two forms of justice. There is what is called retributive justice and there is restorative justice.
Desmond TutuEvery situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. They think, "I am a human being and I may not be able to defeat these people or destroy them, but I will hit out at them, because I am not a thing, I am human."
Desmond TutuMost of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this was approved in the Bible.
Desmond TutuOur parents will maybe sometimes when they are upset with us and we have been troublesome say something like "Mommy really doesn't like a naughty child." And we think that we have to earn the approval, earn the love of our parents. And then we transfer it to God and think we have to earn... We don't have to earn it! God loves us.
Desmond Tutu