“A person is a person through other persons.”

— Desmond Tutu · Friendship quote

A person is a person through other persons. — Desmond Tutu quote card
Archbishop, anti-apartheid activist · 1931 – 2021

South African Anglican archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1984) who campaigned against apartheid.

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Source: No Future Without Forgiveness (1999) · ✓ Source verified

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My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. — Desmond Tutu
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Forgiving is not forgetting; it's actually remembering, remembering and not using your right to hit back. — Desmond Tutu
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If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. — Desmond Tutu
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There 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
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Goodness is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Light is stronger than darkness. — Desmond Tutu
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Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. — Desmond Tutu
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