Ordinary

385 – “[Some believe] it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.”

–Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

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151 – “Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. Everywhere around us, there are examples of people who are doing just that — who are celebrating the oneness of the human family.”

–Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town
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