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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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Argument Improvement One Liner Raise Voice Yourself
It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone’s back.
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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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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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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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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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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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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
The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.
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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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To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

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When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.

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