We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
TUTU DESMONDForgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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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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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
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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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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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When we see others as separate, they become a threat. When we see others as part of us, as connected, as interdependent, then there is no challenge we cannot face—together.
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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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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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A person is a person through other persons.
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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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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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