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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
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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New York City
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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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The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman.
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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.
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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?
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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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