Speaking Truth

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Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

Being Whole

     I believe the only way we can be whole, healthy, 
     happy persons is to learn to forgive.

        Desmond Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness

Being Woman

Any woman who wants to be equal to a man has no ambition.

a car bumper sticker seen by Archbishop Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness

Leadership

The true leader must at some point or other convince her or his followers that she or he is in this whole business not for self-aggrandizement but for the sake of others.

Desmond Tutu, No Futuer Without Forgiveness

God believes in you

A rustic Russian priest was accosted by a brash young physicist who rehearsed all the reasons for atheism and arrogantly went on, "Therefore I do not believe in God."  The little priest, not put off at all, replied quietly, "Oh, it doesn't matter.  God believes in you."
God believes in us.  God depends on us to help make this world all that God wants it to be.

Desmond Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness

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Encounter

Every pair of eyes we look into can become the eyes of the Beloved.

Jack Kornfield