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Our lives are a response to a love that we already have received.


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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 and find out why they're falling in.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.



When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.



Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.



Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.



You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.



If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.



Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.



To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.



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.

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.



You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.





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I didn't know someone could cry that much, I thought the tears would run out. They don't.

I didn't know someone could cry that much, I thought the tears would run out. They don't.



What we need to realize is that there can be, shall we say, a movement, a stirring among people, which can be organically designed instead of politically designed.

What we need to realize is that there can be, shall we say, a movement, a stirring among people, which can be organically designed instead of politically designed.



People always say, "I don't mean to do this . . . ," and then they do it! If you don't mean to touch on something, then don't touch on it. That's how I feel.

People always say, "I don't mean to do this . . . ," and then they do it! If you don't mean to touch on something, then don't touch on it. That's how I feel.



Not every conspiracy is a theory.

Not every conspiracy is a theory.



We usually say there is always a ‘Plan B,’ but there is no ‘Planet B’.

We usually say there is always a ‘Plan B,’ but there is no ‘Planet B’.



Cynicism is for lightweights.

Cynicism is for lightweights.



You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.

You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.



Allah is Most Merciful even when He sends us trials, for even His punishment is for our own good.

Allah is Most Merciful even when He sends us trials, for even His punishment is for our own good.



If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them

If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them




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This page presents the quote "Our lives are a response to a love that we already have received.". Author of this quote is Desmond Tutu. This quote is about love, response, our lives,.