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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.
Desmond Tutu
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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.
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We can arrive at better solutions to any problem or pain together, than we can by ourselves. The beauty of the modern age is that you are able to source answers, and sometimes the genius is in the combination of ideas and energy that does not reside in only one person.
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In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t.
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