My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Interpretation
Our shared humanity connects us, and we can fully experience our humanity only in relation to others.
Desmond Tutu's quote emphasizes the interconnectedness of human beings, suggesting that our individual humanity is intrinsically linked to the humanity of others. It highlights the importance of relationships and community in achieving a fuller understanding of what it means to be human, reinforcing the idea that we thrive through mutual support and compassion.
In practice
In a speech about community service, I might say, 'As Desmond Tutu said, 'My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.'
The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year searching for more fuel. They should redirect this money toward developing clean energy solutions
As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the world has an even greateer instinct for goodness, rebirth, mercy, beauty, truth, freedom and love.
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.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.
It's hard enough to celebrate being Asian in normal times. But now, when the whole world is kind of coming down, with all this rhetoric and people getting attacked on the street, you really need to deliberately try to celebrate Asian-ness.
If you can't forgive, don't ask to be forgiven.
This last night we tear into each other, as if to wound, as if to find the key to everything before morning.
A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.
I'm re-energized by being around people who mean a lot to me.
Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail.
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