I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

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

  2. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

  3. We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

  4. 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.

  5. We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

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