Desmond Tutu Quotes About Enemies

Quotes about: Enemies

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  If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

  Desmond Tutu

  Life, Friendship, Peace

• When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

  Desmond Tutu

  Hate, Humanity, Risk

  Desmond Tutu (2011). “God Has A Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Times”, p.141, Random House

• Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing. Superficial reconciliation can bring only superficial healing.

  Desmond Tutu

  Hurt, Real, Healing

• Love your enemy; it will ruin his reputation.

  Desmond Tutu

  Love You, Enemy, Ruins

• In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.

  Desmond Tutu

  Family, Enemy, Outsiders

  "Archbishop Desmond Tutu". Interview with Dr. Frank Lipman, www.bewell.com. April 14, 2009.

• Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

  Desmond Tutu

  Hate, Guy, Leader

• It was relatively easy, we now realize, to categorize countries and nations. You knew who your enemies were and whom you could count on as collaborators and friends. And even more importantly, you had ready-made scapegoats to take the blame when things were going wrong.

  Desmond Tutu

  Country, Enemy, Blame

  "Freedom and Tolerance". Speech at Cape Town Press Club, June 1995.

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