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
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Oh, 1994, April 27. There won't be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness that had never been there before.
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Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God.
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Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.
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When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.
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Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying them.
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We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
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Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are starving. And yet, just a fraction of what is extended so obscenely on defense budgets would make a real difference in enabling God's children to fill their stomachs, be educated, and be given the chance to lead fulfilled and happy lives.
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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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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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To forgive is not just to be altruistic.
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If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.
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God is not a diversion.
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I'd rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God.
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Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?'