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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.

Tutu Desmond

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
Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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Beginning Possible Suffer Transformation
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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Discover Joy Philosophy Possible True Weakness
A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
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Alone Human Person Relationship
Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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Deep Discover Humanity Nice Race
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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Alone Connection Deep Forgiveness Healing Hurt Philosophy Relationship Story
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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Day Feed Fish Life Man Philosophy Realize Stupidity Teaching
We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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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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Enemy Hate Humanity Oppression Recognize Risk
We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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Love Philosophy Plant
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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Care Cherish Good Great Love Philosophy
Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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Heart Life Philosophy Purpose
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
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
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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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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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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