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We put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention.
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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Socrates had it wrong it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.
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Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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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 must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.
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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.
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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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Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.
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If your heart is full of fear, you won't seek truth you'll seek security. If a heart is full of love, it will have a limbering effect on the mind.
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There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.
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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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Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.
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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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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
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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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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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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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