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
exercise thinking wanted
I think it is a good exercise to ask oneself, "How would I have wanted to be treated?"
want might failing
One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.
justice evil want
We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.
speaks-out suffering want
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.
ears want sometimes
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?'
others-happiness recipes want
Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others." "happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing. I feel very diminished happiness if it is something I enjoy myself.
girl commitment want
I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.
people want
When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.
want oppressors oppressed
God wants to set the oppressed free from being oppressed and the oppressors free from oppressing.
children want patient
God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.
africa behind beings despair human outside partners potential
We in Africa wonder: Can the world outside see the human beings -- or the potential partners -- behind the unrelenting despair?
cup football tournament
The World Cup will be more than just a football tournament
family obligation people radical
Sometimes people think (that) to see that we are family is to be sentimental. But one has to say: This is one of the most radical things, actually. When we do what we think is charitable, it isn't anything more than our obligation as family members.
assembly basically full houses michele
Full houses at the Assembly Rooms. To keep Michele sweet. That's basically it.