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Quote by Desmond Tutu

“Our Christian faith is actually very subversive of the conventional notion of success - the notion that what invests a person with worth is something extrinsic.”

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu, born on October 7, 1931, was a prominent anti-apartheid activist, theologian, and author from South Africa. He played a significant role in the abolition of apartheid in South Africa and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his efforts. more

“The acknowledgement that this person is English, white, or French, or German, this is Portuguese, this is Rwandan, this is Senegalese, this is a black South Africans is a glorious thing. To speak of those positively, to say that they have characteristics, each one of them, that the others almost always do not have, and that there is a complementarily about it.”

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“We must return to the fundamentals; the fundamentals being that you count. That is where you start from. That you count; you matter for God. That is a fantastic realization, and one that very few of us actually get to accept.”

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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 illegitimate use of race.”

Should Different Use Used Race Rights Groups Claims Privilege Denied

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“We can enjoy a self-assurance that doesn't depend on the state of things outside ourselves, be it downturns or booms or whatever.”

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Author:Desmond Tutu