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I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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When a chap is in love, he will go out in all kinds of weather to keep an appointment with his beloved. Love can be demanding, in fact more demanding than law. It has its own imperatives - think of a mother sitting by the bedside of a sick child through the night, impelled only by love. Nothing is too much trouble for love.
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Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with.
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One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.
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The final and full revelation of God is not a book, it is a person. Jesus Christ.
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Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the fact that truth and lies and goodness and evil are things that matter.
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It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
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When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.
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I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
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It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future
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Life is funny and we are really funny, especially when we get to be hoity toity we can be so ridiculous. Life is fun.
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As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.
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For both the offender and the victim, the pain is there, often unacknowledged and that is when it can cause harm through festering. When I ignore a physical wound, it does not go away. No, it festers and goes bad.
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I am human because I belong, I participate, I share.
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We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
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Hate has no place in the house of God.
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Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic age. Together, we have the power to decide whether the nuclear era ends in a bang or worldwide celebration.
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I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.
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God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.
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Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences.
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As a Christian, I believe in the sanctity of life and that death is a part of life.
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