Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
TUTU DESMONDLike 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.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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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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Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
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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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The path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation.
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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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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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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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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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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone’s back.
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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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Life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives
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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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