One of those people whose niceness, for want of a better word, shone through every time. There was a good man as well as a great man. Some can tick one off but fewer both. R.I.P.
1. “We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.”
2. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
3. “Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realise our need of one another.”
4. “When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”
5. “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.”
6. “My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.”
7. “Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.”
8. “We learn from history that we don't learn from history.”
9. “Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.”
10. “A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.”
The Oval Tandoori in Kennington used to have a list of people that recommended the place. It always amused me that near the bottom of the list was Archbishop Desmond Tutu! One of his lesser achievements, I'd say.
He also said ‘There comes a point where we have to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why people are falling in’. Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
He also said ‘There comes a point where we have to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why people are falling in’. Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
We know why they are coming. What we need to be able to do is more easily distinguish between the varying reasons (and desperations for that matter) for it - but for a different thread
He also said ‘There comes a point where we have to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why people are falling in’. Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
We know why they are coming. What we need to be able to do is more easily distinguish between the varying reasons for it - but for a different thread
Yes a different thread. To my thinking it was water that created the link, a river and the sea.
He also said ‘There comes a point where we have to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why people are falling in’. Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
We know why they are coming. What we need to be able to do is more easily distinguish between the varying reasons for it - but for a different thread
Yes a different thread. To my thinking it was water that created the link, a river and the sea.
He also said ‘There comes a point where we have to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why people are falling in’. Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
We know why they are coming. What we need to be able to do is more easily distinguish between the varying reasons for it - but for a different thread
Yes a different thread. To my thinking it was water that created the link, a river and the sea.
Yeah, not like you to politicise a discussion
Seriously? Holyjo list quotes but they’re not ‘political’. Like number 4. I mention one quote, and liken it to a humanitarian crisis and it is ‘political’?
He also said ‘There comes a point where we have to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why people are falling in’. Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
We know why they are coming. What we need to be able to do is more easily distinguish between the varying reasons for it - but for a different thread
Yes a different thread. To my thinking it was water that created the link, a river and the sea.
Yeah, not like you to politicise a discussion
Seriously? Holyjo list quotes but they’re not ‘political’. Like number 4. I mention one quote, and liken it to a humanitarian crisis and it is ‘political’?
I'm in no way religious, just the opposite, but whatever his motivations he was definitely a force for good and worthy of the many plaudits he has received.
He also said ‘There comes a point where we have to stop pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why people are falling in’. Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
We know why they are coming. What we need to be able to do is more easily distinguish between the varying reasons for it - but for a different thread
Yes a different thread. To my thinking it was water that created the link, a river and the sea.
Yeah, not like you to politicise a discussion
Seriously? Holyjo list quotes but they’re not ‘political’. Like number 4. I mention one quote, and liken it to a humanitarian crisis and it is ‘political’?
Yes
We're celebrating the life and mourning the loss of one of the great men of our lifetimes. Park it elsewhere, eh?
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RIP Sir.
RIP
RIP.
it wasn’t until earlier this year that I found out his first parish was in lewisham and he used to live in grove park.
Seems a perfect statement in relation to the poor desperate folk making dangerous channel crossings on flimsy rubber dinghys.
Holyjo list quotes but they’re not ‘political’. Like number 4.
I mention one quote, and liken it to a humanitarian crisis and it is ‘political’?
A good and wise man indeed.
Africa needs more in his image.
Rest in Peace.
RIP.