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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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It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while in many matters it is first we must see then we will act in matters of faith it is first we must do then we will know, first we will be and then we will see. One must, in short, dare to act wholeheartedly without absolute certainty.
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It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.
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Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?
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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
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Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
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To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.
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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman.
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Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
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It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion the Bible seeks to open 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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Of God's love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the planet and secondly, God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.
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God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.
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We call on all members of America's religious communities, as a testament of our common faith, to join Faithful Security, and to take action immediately to break faith with nuclear weapons.
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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
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I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.
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It is often said that the Church is a crutch. Of course it's a crutch. What makes you think you don't limp?
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