When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.
Desmond TutuAnywhere where the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust, there we will find our cause.
Desmond TutuFor goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.
Desmond TutuI don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion.
Desmond TutuOne of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.
Desmond TutuIt may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success. Faithful actions are not religious acts. They are not even necessary actions undertaken by people of faith. Faithful actions, whether they are marked by success or they end in failure, are actions that are compelled by goodness.
Desmond Tutu