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

William Sloane Coffin

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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
Activist
Pastor
New York City
New York
William Sloane Coffin
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Socrates had it wrong it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.
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Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.
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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
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Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones.
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I asked an 85 year old professor, 'What makes you cry?' He said, 'Whenever I see or hear the truth.'
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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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We put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention.
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It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.
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The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.
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In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.
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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 woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman.
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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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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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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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