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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.
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
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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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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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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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Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human.
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To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.
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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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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love.
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We are not loved because we are valued we are valued because we are loved.
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We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.
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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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We put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention.
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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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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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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
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Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones.
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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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