A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
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Desmond TutuAddress at his enthronement as Archbishop of Cape Town (1986)
About Desmond Tutu
South African archbishop, anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner. (1931-2021)
More from Desmond Tutu
- If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.As quoted in Unexpected News (1984)
- Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.Interview with BBC Focus on Africa (2000)
- There is always the possibility of change. If it happened in South Africa, why can't it happen anywhere?As quoted in the Chicago Tribune (2002)
- I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.As quoted in The Christian Science Monitor (1984)
- Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.Interview with BBC Focus on Africa (2000)
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- Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.Benjamin Franklin
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.Aristotle
- When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.Aristotle
- A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.Aristotle
- When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Confucius
- When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.Confucius
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