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• But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

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  Smile, Next, Smile Because

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• I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.

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  Believe, Deeds, Goodness

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• I have voted for the ANC, but I would very sadly not be able to vote for them after the way things have gone.

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  Gone, Able, Way

  "Desmond Tutu lauds launch of Agang, Mamphela Ramphele's ANC challenger" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2013.

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• We can only be human together.

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  Together, Humans

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

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  Way Forward, Justice, Path

  "In Africa, a step backward on human rights" by Desmond Tutu, www.washingtonpost.com. March 12, 2010.

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• There will be no future without forgiveness. Any process of peace is bound to collapse if this is missing. There is no way peace and stability can come through the gun of vengeance.

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  Peace, Gun, Missing

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• I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven.

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  Heaven, Homophobic, Refuse

  Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams (2016). “The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World”, p.18, Penguin

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• Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.

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  Powerful, Commitment, Trying

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 10, 2014

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• No future without forgiveness.

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  Justice, Racial Justice

  Desmond Tutu (2012). “No Future Without Forgiveness”, Random House

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• 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.

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  Father, Lying, Voice

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

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  Air, Order, Shining

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• Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.

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  Brother, Egypt, World

  "As it happened: Egypt's new era". "Saturday Morning News" with Jessica Ellis, edition.cnn.com. February 12, 2011.

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• If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God.

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  Worship, Homophobic, Ifs

  "Tutu Slams Sexuality 'Obsessed' Church" by Jennifer Gold, www.christianpost.com. November 18, 2007.

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• The truth of who we are is that we are because we belong.

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  Who We Are

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• And every human being is precious.

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  Humans, Human Beings

  Interview with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. October 24, 2007.

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• You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

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  Fighting, Role Models, Example

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• Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

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  Yield, Moments, Lifetime

  Desmond Tutu, Mpho Tutu (2010). “Made For Goodness: And why this makes all the difference”, p.72, Random House

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• The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.

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  Family, Oneness, Humans

  "Made for Goodness" by Desmond Tutu, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2012.

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• All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others

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  Humanity, Recognizing, Dependent

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Dec 18, 2014

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• To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo.

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  Support, Sides, Injustice

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.

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  Peace, War, Gun

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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• Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.

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  Stupid, Men, Cycling

  "11 Pieces Of Wisdom From Desmond Tutu To Inspire Change Makers In 2017" by Brian Rusch, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 31, 2016.

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• A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.

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  Isolation, Persons, Humans

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• At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have said: 'Move your hands,' and I've said 'Look at your hands - different colors representing different people. You are the Rainbow People of God.'

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  Moving, Home, Black And White

  "Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Peacemaker in a Diverse Nation". www.csmonitor.com. October 26, 1994.

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• Nothing is too much trouble for Love.

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  Too Much, Trouble

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). “The words of Desmond Tutu”, Newmarket Pr

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