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Love is in the giver, not the gift.

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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I asked an 85 year old professor, 'What makes you cry?' He said, 'Whenever I see or hear the truth.'
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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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Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation
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Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.
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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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The one true freedom in life is to come to terms with death, and as early as possible, for death is an event that embraces all our lives. And the only way to have a good death is to lead a good life. The more we do God's will, the less unfinished business we leave behind when we die.
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We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.
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It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.
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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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Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?
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For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of homosexuals with the love of Christ.
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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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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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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
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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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We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.
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Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
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In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of their fellow citizens to remain indifferent.
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I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.
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