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We are not loved because we are valued we are valued because we are loved.

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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
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Pastor
New York City
New York
William Sloane Coffin
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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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To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.
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Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation
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Christians have to listen to the world as well as to the Word - to science, to history, to what reason and our own experience tell us. We do not honor the higher truth we find in Christ by ignoring truths found elsewhere.
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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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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, [for] all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.
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Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can create intimacy, and freedom too, for when all hearts are one, nothing else has to be one--neither clothes nor age neither sex nor sexual preference race nor mind-set.
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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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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.
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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.
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We put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention.
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Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
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Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
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If your heart is full of fear, you won't seek truth you'll seek security. If a heart is full of love, it will have a limbering effect on the mind.
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Jesus is both a mirror to our humanity and a window to divinity, a window revealing as much of God as is given mortal eyes to see. When Christians see Christ empowering the weak, scorning the powerful, healing the wounded, and judging their tormentors, we are seeing transparently the power of God at work.
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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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