We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family.
TUTU DESMONDIf 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.
More Tutu Desmond Quotes
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A person is a person through other persons.
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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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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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Like 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.
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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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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
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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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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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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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Transformation begins in you, wherever you are, whatever has happened, however you are suffering. Transformation is always possible.
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
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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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When we see others as separate, they become a threat. When we see others as part of us, as connected, as interdependent, then there is no challenge we cannot face—together.
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