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Quote by Desmond Tutu
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said Let us pray. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. – Desmond Tutu

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If you want peace, you dont talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. – Desmond Tutu

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In many ways, when youre a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. – Desmond Tutu

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God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of Gods children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God. – Desmond Tutu

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More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. – Charles Eastman

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Even though you cant expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. Thats morality, thats religion. Thats art. Thats life. – Phil Ochs

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I mean, I went to a Catholic boys school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me. – Keanu Reeves

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