We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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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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We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.
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Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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A person is a person through other persons.
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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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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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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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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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Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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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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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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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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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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