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
people leader world
The leaders that the world admires seem almost all to be people who haven't had things quite so smooth or easy in their lives.
ubuntu peaceful world
Ubuntu tells us that we can create a more peaceful world by striving for goodness in each moment, wherever we are.
believe compassion our-world
I have heard and seen many examples of the cruelty that we are able to visit on one another during my time. . . I have also seen incredible forgiveness and compassion. Yes, each of us has the capacity for great evil. But for every act of evil there are a dozen acts of goodness in our world that go unnoticed. It is only because we believe that people should be good that we despair when they are not. Indeed, if people condoned the evil, we would be justified in losing hope. But most of the world does not. We know that we are meant for better.
dark world beacons
South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.
revolution needs world
The world needs a revolution led by women
beautiful awful world
The world is awful but also the world is beautiful. Human beings are awful, but ultimately human beings are tremendous.
children world treasure
The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future
fighting role-models world
You must show the world that you abhor fighting.
brother egypt world
Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.
home ozone our-world
There would be no call for ecological campaigning had nature not been exploited and abused. We experience the ground now bringing forth thistles as soil erosion devastates formerly arable land and deserts overtake fertile farms. Rivers and the atmosphere are polluted thoughtlessly and we are fearful of the consequences of a depleted ozone layer and the devastation of the greenhouse effect. We are not quite at home in our world, and somewhere in each of us there is a nostalgia for a paradise that has been lost.
compassion world goodness
We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
thinking america our-world
He's a tremendous breath of fresh air. The things he [Pope Francis] has done in a short period of time: the fact that he does not live in a huge papal mansion and just dropped by in the dining room where ordinary people have meals. You think of his background, where he didn't use limousines in South America, that he used public transport. I'm so, so thrilled that he is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.
children world fractions
We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.
real development world
If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is WOMEN!