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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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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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Hope Person Possible Situation Transformation
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
In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
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End Generous Joy
We are not responsible for what breaks us, but we can be responsible for what puts us back together again. Naming the hurt is how we begin to repair our broken parts.
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Break Healing Hurt Repair Responsibility Togetherness
Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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Deep Experience Human Life Live Philosophy Whole
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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Good Philosophy Togetherness World Yourself
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone’s back.
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Deep Hurt Religion
We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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History Learning Sarcastic
I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil.
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Act Believe Commitment Deep Evil Philosophy
The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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Break Up Connection Joy Path Relationship Separate
To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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Children Protect Sex Violence
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
We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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Love Philosophy Plant
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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Animal Appreciation Justice Oppression Philosophy Situation Yourself
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
There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Deep Difficult Wake Up

It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.

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