We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
TUTU DESMONDOur maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
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Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream to find out why they’re falling in.
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Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.
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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.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
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Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end.
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We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
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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.
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If you want to keep people subjugated, the last thing you place in their hands is a Bible. There’s nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible.
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