We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
TUTU DESMONDI do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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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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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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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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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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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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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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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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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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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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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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