A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
TUTU DESMONDI wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
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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 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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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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A person is a person through other persons.
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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream to find out why they’re falling in.
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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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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don’t have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.
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Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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If you are setting out to be joyful you are not going to end up being joyful. You’re going to find yourself turned in on yourself. It’s like a flower. You open, you blossom, really because of other people.
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