A jealous person is doubly unhappy-over what he has, which is judged inferior, and over which he has not, which is judged superior. Such a person is doubly removed from knowing the true blessing of creation.
Desmond TutuServe others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others.
Desmond TutuDo your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Desmond TutuYou can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.
Desmond TutuFreedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying them.
Desmond TutuYou will find that the Bible, if you want it to, will justify many things. St. Paul had a very male chauvinistic view of women. He would say things like women must not talk in church, must cover their heads, they mustn't talk and must remember that it was a woman who first tempted and this whole mess started because women messed us up. So you can read it in such a way that it justifies polygamy.
Desmond Tutu