We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
TUTU DESMONDWhen 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.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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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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A person is a person through other persons.
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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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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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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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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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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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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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In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
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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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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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