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Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
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
New York
William Sloane Coffin
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Humans
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We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.
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It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.
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God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.
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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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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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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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It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out.
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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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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
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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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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
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Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you can't be optimistic. You can keep the faith despite the evidence, knowing that only in so doing has the evidence any chance of changing. So while I'm not optimistic, I'm always very hopeful.
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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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I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.
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