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.
TUTU DESMONDReligion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone’s back.
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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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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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Forgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
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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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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
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Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don’t have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
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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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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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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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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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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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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
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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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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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