Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
TUTU DESMONDWhen 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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Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful, and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.
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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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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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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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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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Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering–remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
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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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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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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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