Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Houghton, Johannesburg, 23 November 2004
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Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian who became a prominent leader in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. He was known for his tireless advocacy for human rights and social justice, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts in bringing about racial equality and reconciliation in his country.
1931–2021·lived 90 years
Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Houghton, Johannesburg, 23 November 2004
My father always used to say, don't raise your voice. Improve your argument.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.No Future Without Forgiveness, p. 50, 1999
God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.God's Dream, 2010
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.Desmond Tutu on missionaries in Africa
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.The opportunity of a new beginning: Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the transformative power of forgiveness, ABC Religion & Ethics
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.The Book of Joy, p. 123, 2016
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.God Has a Dream, 2004
That’s all 10 quotes by Desmond Tutu.