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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both. — William Sloane Coffin

There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation. — William Sloane Coffin Jr.

Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible. — William Sloane Coffin

Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without. — William Sloane Coffin

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. — William Sloane Coffin Jr.

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality. — William Sloane Coffin

Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair? — William Sloane Coffin

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions. — William Sloane Coffin

Compassion and justice are companions, not choices. — William Sloane Coffin

Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability. — William Sloane Coffin

To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought. — William Sloane Coffin

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

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings. — William Sloane Coffin Jr.

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice. — William Sloane Coffin

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force. — William Sloane Coffin

For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature. — William Sloane Coffin

We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security. — William Sloane Coffin

The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman. — William Sloane Coffin

What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love. — William Sloane Coffin

Love is in the giver, not the gift. — William Sloane Coffin

Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones. — William Sloane Coffin

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. — William Sloane Coffin

Spirituality means to me living the ordinary life extraordinarily well. As the old-church father said, 'The glory of God is a human being fully alive. — William Sloane Coffin

Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts. — William Sloane Coffin

Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds. — William Sloane Coffin Jr.

No human being should ever be patient with prejudice at the expense of its victims" The late Rev. William Sloane Coffin — Robert Alper

Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one. — William Sloane Coffin

A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human. — William Sloane Coffin

We put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention. — William Sloane Coffin

When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention. — William Sloane Coffin

All of life is the exercise of risk. — William Sloane Coffin

I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be. — William Sloane Coffin

Unity is not something we are called to create; it's something we are called to recognize. — William Sloane Coffin

It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one. — William Sloane Coffin

...there is more mercy in God than sin in us. — William Sloane Coffin

For if you lessen your anger at the structures of power, you lower your love for the victims of power. — William Sloane Coffin

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment. — William Sloane Coffin

We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved. — William Sloane Coffin

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. — William Sloane Coffin

It is often said that the Church is a crutch. Of course it's a crutch. What makes you think you don't limp? — William Sloane Coffin

Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation — William Sloane Coffin

Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living. — William Sloane Coffin

I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK. — William Sloane Coffin

We want God to be strong, so that we can be weak. But He wants to be weak so that we can be strong. — William Sloane Coffin

Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human. — William Sloane Coffin