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There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.
William Sloane Coffin
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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.
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In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia.
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A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.
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Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.
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It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.
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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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There are three kinds of patriots, two bad, one good. The bad ones are the uncritical lovers and the loveless critics. Good patriots carry on a lover's quarrel with their country, a reflection of God's lover's quarrel with all the world.
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All of life is the exercise of risk.
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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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