Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
TUTU DESMONDDiscovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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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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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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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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Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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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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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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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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You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
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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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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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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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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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