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.
TUTU DESMONDThe path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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A person is a person through other persons.
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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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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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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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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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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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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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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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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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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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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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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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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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