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Desmond Tutu Quotes

South African Anglican archbishop 1931–2021, anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace laureate. The popular face of Ubuntu philosophy in the West.

5 sourced quotes from Desmond Tutu across Ubuntu.

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”

No Future Without Forgiveness · 1999 Ubuntu

“A person with Ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good. They have a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing they belong in a greater whole.”

No Future Without Forgiveness · 1999 Ubuntu

“We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected.”

God Has a Dream · 2004 Ubuntu

“To say nothing is also a position, but in Ubuntu thought, silence is collusion.”

sermon · 1985 Ubuntu

“There can be no future without forgiveness — and no forgiveness without truth.”

No Future Without Forgiveness · 1999 Ubuntu