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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.
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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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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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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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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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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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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Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.
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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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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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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 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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To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.
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A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.
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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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I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.
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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
William Sloane Coffin
Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones.
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The temptation to moralize is strong it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws in the system.
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It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.
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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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