Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
TUTU DESMONDGive 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.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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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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We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know.
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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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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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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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I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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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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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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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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To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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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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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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