Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
TUTU DESMONDLike 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.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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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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Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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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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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone’s back.
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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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A person is a person through other persons.
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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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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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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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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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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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Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
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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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