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Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relat

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANCs military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. – Desmond Tutu

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You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. – Desmond Tutu

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Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. – Desmond Tutu

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How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all. – Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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