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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: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Anglican Priest
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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