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It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. (Desmond Tutu)
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. View quote
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. View quote
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If you recall the happiest moments in your life, they are all from when you were doing something for somebody else. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul. View quote
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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back. View quote
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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. View quote
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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. View quote
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Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes. View quote
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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. (Desmond Tutu)
All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others. View quote
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Israel will never get true security and safety through oppressing another people. A true peace can ultimately be built only on justice. We condemn the violence of suicide bombers, and we condemn the corruption of young minds taught hatred; but we also condemn the violence of military incursions in the occupied lands, and the inhumanity that won't let ambulances reach the injured. View quote
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In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. View quote
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Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. View quote
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One day we'll wake up and discover we are family. View quote
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No peace is impossible when people are determined to achieve it. View quote
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Love is much more demanding than law. (Desmond Tutu)
The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated. View quote
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It is for real that injustice and oppression will not have the last word. There was a time when Hitler looked like he was going to vanquish all of Europe, and where is he now? View quote
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Ubuntu tells us that we can create a more peaceful world by striving for goodness in each moment, wherever we are. View quote
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Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility. View quote
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