“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.”
Desmond Tutu
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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

Desmond Tutu

“Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.”

Desmond Tutu

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

Desmond Tutu

“We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.”

Desmond Tutu

“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.”

Desmond Tutu