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
lying father voice
My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.
motivational success water
We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
revenge punishment justice
To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.
powerful commitment trying
Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.
believe deeds goodness
I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.
nice humanity needs
Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
who-we-are
The truth of who we are is that we are because we belong.
people shy facts
Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.
air order shining
Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.
diversity people made
Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
together humans
We can only be human together.
girl commitment want
I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.
fighting role-models world
You must show the world that you abhor fighting.
heaven homophobic refuse
I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven.