We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew. . . . Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful . . . and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, OMSG, CH, GCStJ, (1931–2021) was a South African Anglican cleric and theologian known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He received numerous awards and distinctions for his work around the world.