Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.
TUTU DESMONDHuman beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful, and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.
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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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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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We learn from history that we don’t learn from history.
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Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak.
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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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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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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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We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
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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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I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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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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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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