We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
TUTU DESMONDWe are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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A person is a person through other persons.
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To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t.
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Forgiveness does not relieve someone of responsibility for what they have done. Forgiveness does not erase accountability. It is not about turning a blind eye or even turning the other cheek.
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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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We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
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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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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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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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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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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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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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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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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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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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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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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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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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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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