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
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Then love knew it was called love. And when I lifted my eyes to your name, suddenly your heart showed me my way - Pablo Neruda

  2. The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love. - Meister Eckhart

  3. My eyes may not utter words, but they speak volumes when I look at you. - Anthony T. Hincks

  4. Eyes shows lies. - Toba Beta

  5. My mother was teaching me that the inside of something was not necessarily its outside. Always look carefully, she told me. Look with more than your eyes. - Alice Hoffman

More Quotes By Desmond Tutu
  1. Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

  2. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

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

  4. Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter – you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.

  5. We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

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