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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.

Tutu Desmond

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
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Deep Family God Yourself
God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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God Philosophy Religious Transform World
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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Justice Oppression People Philosophy Religious Revolution Spiritual
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
There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Deep Difficult Wake Up
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
Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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Hope Person Possible Situation Transformation
We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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History Learning Sarcastic
A person is a person through other persons.
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Deep One Liner Person Philosophy
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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Alone God Learning Philosophy Spiritual Truth
To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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Children Protect Sex Violence
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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Attitude Judge Lonely Negative People Philosophy Separate Yourself
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
The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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Break Up Connection Joy Path Relationship Separate
Forgiveness does not relieve someone of responsibility for what they have done. Forgiveness does not erase accountability. It is not about turning a blind eye or even turning the other cheek.
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Accountable Eyes Forgiveness Philosophy Responsibility
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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Act Believe Commitment Deep Evil Philosophy

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