Envy Quotes by Desmond Tutu

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Most people would say "Ah, Mahatma Gandhi, what a wonderful man, Mother Teresa, maybe Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama." And when you look at those people it's not the macho, aggressive, successful people, we may envy them,…

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Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity.

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Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an…

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People are able to justify immense cruelty and say that it is something that is sanctioned by their faith.

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South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.

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“child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen.”

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