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The world needs a revolution led by women. (Desmond Tutu)
When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation. View quote
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Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference. View quote
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The only separation the Bible knows is between believers on the one hand and unbelievers on the other. Any other kind of separation, division, disunity is of the devil. It is evil and from sin. View quote
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We can arrive at better solutions to any problem or pain together, than we can by ourselves. The beauty of the modern age is that you are able to source answers, and sometimes the genius is in the combination of ideas and energy that does not reside in only one person. View quote
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Forgiveness is the grace by which you enable the other person to get up and get up with dignity, to begin anew. View quote
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One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom. View quote
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We can enjoy a self-assurance that doesn't depend on the state of things outside ourselves, be it downturns or booms or whatever. View quote
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A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly. View quote
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Forgiving is a gift to the forgiver as well as to the perpetrator. View quote
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If you are invisible, you are vulnerable. Birth Registration must be everyone's priority. Let's make all children visible and let's give every child a birthday! (Desmond Tutu)
Anything war can do, peace can do better. View quote
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Sadly, the things that we have set out as being worth striving for are not ultimately the things that satisfy human longings. And why not? Because we are practically the ultimate paradox: the finite made for the infinite. View quote
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Trust is one of the fundamentals of human existence. We need to be able to trust one another. A man who can no longer trust anyone will become sick. View quote
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Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me. View quote
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Each one of us can be an oasis of peace. View quote
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Let girls be girls and not brides. View quote
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Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression, peace over exploitation and bitterness. View quote
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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. View quote
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If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening. View quote
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The reprisal against the suicide bomber does not bring peace. There is a suicide bomber, a reprisal and then a counter-reprisal. And it just goes on and on. (Desmond Tutu)
Many people ask me what I have learned from all of the experiences in my life, and I say unhesitatingly: People are wonderful. It is true. People really are wonderful. View quote
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Once you have women liberated, it's amazing how many other problems get resolved--pover ty, education, health. Women are the key in any community. View quote
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One of the ways of helping to destroy a people is to tell them they don't have a history that they have no roots. View quote
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We need to be accountable to God's family. Once we start living in a way that is people-friendly to all of God's family, we will also be environment-friendly. View quote
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