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Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others. happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing. I feel very diminished happiness if it is something I enjoy myself.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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All people would really want peace and all would want to be sure that they would not be taken advantage of.
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