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I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.

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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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We are not loved because we are valued we are valued because we are loved.
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Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human.
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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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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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It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, Let justice roll down like mighty waters, and quite another to work out the irrigation system.
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We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.
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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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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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Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
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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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Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation
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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 put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention.
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Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.
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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 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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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.
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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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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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When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.
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