Sometimes people think (that) to see that we are family is to be sentimental. But one has to say: This is one of the most radical things, actually. When we do what we think is charitable, it isn't anything more than our obligation as family members. -Bishop Desmond Tutu

 

Sometimes people think (that) to see that we are family is to be sentimental. But one has to say: This is one of the most radical things, actually. When we do what we think is charitable, it isn't anything more than our obligation as family members.


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This quote is just one of 18 total Bishop Desmond Tutu quotes in our collection. Bishop Desmond Tutu is known for saying 'Sometimes people think (that) to see that we are family is to be sentimental. But one has to say: This is one of the most radical things, actually. When we do what we think is charitable, it isn't anything more than our obligation as family members.' as well as some of the following quotes.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

We in Africa wonder: Can the world outside see the human beings -- or the potential partners -- behind the unrelenting despair?

Bishop Desmond Tutu