There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
Desmond TutuThere are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.
Desmond TutuJust as I need other human beings in order to learn from them, so I also need their trust. If we aren't aware of that, if we fail to take it to heart and instead betray other people's trust, things will go badly with us.
Desmond TutuThere 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 Tutu