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

People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.

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

Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.

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

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 quotes: Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.

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

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

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

To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.

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

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

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

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

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

We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.

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

For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.

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

We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.

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

The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman.

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

What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love.

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

Love is in the giver, not the gift.

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

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

William Sloane Coffin quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts.

Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts.

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

A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.

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

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

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

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 quotes: We put our best foot forward, but it's the other one that needs the attention.

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

William Sloane Coffin quotes: All of life is the exercise of risk.

All of life is the exercise of risk.

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

Unity is not something we are called to create; it's something we are called to recognize.

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

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

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

It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.

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

Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones.

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

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 quotes: The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

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 quotes: We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved.

We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved.

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

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 quotes: Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation

Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation

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

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

William Sloane Coffin quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.

I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.

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

Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human.

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

...there is more mercy in God than sin in us.