Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
TUTU DESMONDWe have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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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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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.
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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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Forgiveness does not relieve someone of responsibility for what they have done. Forgiveness does not erase accountability. It is not about turning a blind eye or even turning the other cheek.
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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.
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Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
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We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
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A person is a person through other persons.
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