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Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?
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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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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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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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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We put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention.
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We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.
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All of life is the exercise of risk.
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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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It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of action. For while in many matters it is first we must see then we will act in matters of faith it is first we must do then we will know, first we will be and then we will see. One must, in short, dare to act wholeheartedly without absolute certainty.
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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
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Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation
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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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I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.
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Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.
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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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In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.
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Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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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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Of God's love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the planet and secondly, God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. 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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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.
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