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Quote by Desmond Tutu
I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of d

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. – Desmond Tutu

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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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Forgiveness
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Do your little bit of good where you are its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. – Desmond Tutu

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good
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Gods dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. – Desmond Tutu

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If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But thats the same reason why I walked out on stage many times after receiving death threats. I couldnt live without doing what I wanted to do. So at the same time I have to be willing to die for it. – Marilyn Manson

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Death is a release from the impressions of sense, and from impulses that make us their puppets, from the vagaries of the mind, and the hard service of the flesh. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know its going to come eventually, and as we get older, we feel we see the signs more and more distinctly. – John Hodgman

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To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. – Pierre Corneille

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As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul. – Catharine Beecher

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It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, – superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Carpe Diem” does not mean “fish of the day.” – Author Unknown

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Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the childs tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. Its not funny and its not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isnt the least bit funny. – Ben Stein

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Experience