Oh. I liked him. 
Some quotes from Desmond Tutu:
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Forgiveness:
Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.
Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering – remembering and not using your right to hit back. It’s a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you don’t want to repeat what happened.
There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.
Sexuality:
I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place. I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level.
Climate change:
“Climate change is one of the greatest moral challenges of our time … we need bold action like this to keep global temperature rise below the unacceptably dangerous tipping point of two degrees, to phase out carbon pollution to zero, and to invest resources in sustainable development pathways to build a more flourishing, inclusive and balanced world.”
The human family:
We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay, straight, all, all, all. We all belong to this family, this human family, God’s family.
Arch was a class act. And that laugh…
The living personification of Ubuntu. Hamba kakuhle.
I appreciate reading those quotes thank you!
I don’t think your referring to a Linux os so please translate.
Ubuntu: togetherness as one people, caring about each other. There is not really an English word for it. Collective charity and love, maybe.
Hamba kakuhle: go well
A friend of mine had the unusual priviledge of sharing the same urinal with Tutu, at a music venue. (The wide multi-person ones)
I realise even Archbishops occasionally need the loo, but that story has always amused me.
I had a very short audience with him 20 years ago. One of the highlights of my life. I wrote him a sort of fan letter when he was a visiting professor not far from me. I’m sure he didn’t read it personally, but I got a very polite letter from his secretary saying that if I came to such and such place at such and such date and time he might be able to meet with me for a short time.
I confess to being completely tongue tied at the actual meeting. The man was somehow both genial and SERENE in a way that’s hard to describe.
Funny seems that sentiment applied at the urinal too, go well together
Sad news, and a meaningful life.
He was a great man. RIP.
What an amazing being he was. Wise, wise, wise. The fact that the Dalai Llama was a good friend of his speaks volumes.
Let us not ever forget this man and what he stood for.
He should get a holiday.
I remember seeing a video clip of him saving the life of a man about to be killed by a mob who accused the man of collaborating with the apartheid government. A tire had been placed around his neck, doused with gasoline, and was going to be lit. Tutu plunged into the mob, shoving people aside, till he got to the intended victim. The mob could have turned on him too but did not. Talk about having guts!