I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
TUTU DESMONDThere 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.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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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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Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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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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A person is a person through other persons.
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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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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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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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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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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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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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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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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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