A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
TUTU DESMONDForgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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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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In the end generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.
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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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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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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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Forgiveness is truly the grace by which we enable another person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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We do not heal in isolation. When we reach out and connect with one another—when we tell the story, name the hurt, grant forgiveness, and renew or release the relationship—our suffering begins to transform.
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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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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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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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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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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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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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Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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