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

Tutu Desmond

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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Language Philosophy Power Reality
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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Beginning Forgiveness Grace Person Philosophy True
Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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Discover Hard Heart Broken Joy Philosophy Save
Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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Beginning Possible Suffer Transformation
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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Alone Human Person Relationship
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
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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End Experience God Hope Live Lose Sad Suffer Time Word World Writing
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
Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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Hope Person Possible Situation Transformation
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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Different Philosophy Togetherness
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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Fire Smart Warm Winter Yourself
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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Enemy Hate Humanity Oppression Recognize Risk
I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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Myself One Liner
You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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Connection Humanity Philosophy 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
Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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Forgiveness Good Philosophy Understand

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