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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.

Tutu Desmond

A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
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Alone Human Person Relationship
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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Accountable Eyes Forgiveness Philosophy Responsibility
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
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Different Philosophy Togetherness
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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Community Human Life Myself Person Philosophy
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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Justice Oppression People Philosophy Religious Revolution Spiritual
You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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Connection Humanity Philosophy Yourself
Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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Beginning Possible Suffer Transformation
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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Beautiful Friendship Good Love Togetherness World
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
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Eyes Land Oppression Religion War
Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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Good Life Moment Wrong
If you are setting out to be joyful you are not going to end up being joyful. You’re going to find yourself turned in on yourself. It’s like a flower. You open, you blossom, really because of other people.
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Flower Joy People Philosophy Yourself
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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Art Human Life Philosophy Suffer
There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Deep Difficult Wake Up
God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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God Philosophy Religious Transform World
Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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Argument Improvement One Liner Raise Voice Yourself
Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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