Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
TUTU DESMONDDon’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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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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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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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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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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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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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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We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
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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 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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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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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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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.
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