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I asked an 85 year old professor, 'What makes you cry?' He said, 'Whenever I see or hear the truth.'

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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
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Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.
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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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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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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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Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?
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It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion the Bible seeks to open one.
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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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We are not loved because we are valued we are valued because we are loved.
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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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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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We call on all members of America's religious communities, as a testament of our common faith, to join Faithful Security, and to take action immediately to break faith with nuclear weapons.
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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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Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation
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