Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu, CHis a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth7 October 1931
CityKlerksdorp, South Africa
awful humans human-beings
Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous.
trustworthy interest humans
Human beings have a vested interest in being trustworthy.
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Fundamental rights belong to the human being just because you are a human being.
share humans
I am human because I belong, I participate, I share.
isolation persons humans
A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
together humans
We can only be human together.
humans human-beings
And every human being is precious.
forgiveness existence humans
Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.
family oneness humans
The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.
order needs humans
We need other human beings in order to be human.
earth interest humans
We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth.
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I said yes, and Tutu said, 'He's not very articulate,' which he isn't. He said, 'Is he the most loved man in the world?' I said yes. 'Who is the most loved woman?' Mother Teresa was still alive at the time, so I said her. He replied, 'Yes, and what are these people? These people are good. And why do we love them? Because they warm us. They warm us.'
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Most poor people I know are proud and really want not a handout but a hand up. They do have an inherent pride and dignity, and we should treat them as those who have fallen on bad days.
believe home evil
I would hope that wherever I was I would be me. I have been influenced by some wonderful people who showed me that there is an integral relationship between faith and life at home. Evil is evil, repression is repression anywhere. And if it is not consistent with what one believes is God's will, then I would hope that one would be able to witness it, and there are wonderful people who do so in very great risks to themselves.