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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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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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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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Different Philosophy Togetherness
We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
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Care Cherish Good Great Love Philosophy
Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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Deep Discover Humanity Nice Race
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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To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape.
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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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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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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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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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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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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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A person is a person through other persons.
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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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