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.
TUTU DESMONDDiscovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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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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If you are setting out to be joyful you are not going to end up being joyful. You’re going to find yourself turned in on yourself. It’s like a flower. You open, you blossom, really because of other people.
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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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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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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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 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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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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When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
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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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You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
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