Desmond Tutu Quotes
When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.
Tutu, Desmond. No Future Without Forgiveness. Doubleday, 1999.
This quotation was used by Aga Kahn III in his famous speech to the League of Nations, October 6, 1937. It speaks of the unity of the Muslims, Jews and Christians from an Islamic scholar of the 13th Century.
Desmond Mpilo Tutu OMSG CH GCStJ is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then the Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology.