Desmond Tutu Quotes

Nuestra bondad crece cuando se le pone a prueba

To be impartial... is indeed to have taken sides already... with the status quo.

I would like to share with you two simple truths: there is nothing that cannot be forgiven, and there is no one un-deserving of forgiveness.

If you are neutral in a situation of injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

Jika Anda menginginkan perdamaian, bicaralah dengan musuh Anda.

There is something in us that refuses to be regarded as less than human. We are created for freedom

Kemenangan yang nyata dan berkelanjutan adalah kedamaian, dan bukan perang.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor

Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.

[T]here is always the possibility of change. If it happened in South Africa, why can't it happen anywhere?

History, like beauty, depends largely on the beholder, so when you read that, for example, David Livingstone discovered the Victoria Falls, you might be forgiven for thinking that there was nobody around the Falls until Livingstone arrived on the scene.

He made a powerful distinction between healing and curing: Curing involves the resolution of the illness but was not always possible. Healing, he said, was coming to wholeness and could happen whether or not the illness was curable.

"My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right."

Just as this scale predicted the future health and happiness of the children in this study, so does knowing and telling our own stories of harm predict our future health and happiness in recovering from that trauma. When we know our stories and make sense of what has happened, we get connected to the larger story of our lives and its meaning. We become more resilient, we are able to handle stress, and we heal.