A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed. 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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