William Sloane Coffin Quotes
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“Many of us overvalue autonomy, the strength to stand alone, the capacity to act independently. Far too few of us pay attention to the virtues of dependence and interdependence, and especially to the capacity to be vulnerable.”
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“What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love.”
— William Sloane Coffin
— William Sloane Coffin
There are two ways to be powerful. One is to seek and acquire power, the other is not to need it. There are also two ways to be rich. One is to gain riches, and the other is not to need them.
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“Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts.”
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I also was persuaded that the woman most in need of liberation was the woman in every man just as the man most in need of liberation was the man in every woman.
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— 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
“Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.”
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— William Sloane Coffin
— William Sloane Coffin
The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws in the system.
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“Human beings who blind themselves to human need make themselves less human.”
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— William Sloane Coffin
— William Sloane Coffin
Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.
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“A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.”
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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved.
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God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.
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We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.
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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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“Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones.”
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“Unity is not something we are called to create; it's something we are called to recognize.”
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“We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force.”
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“Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation”
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Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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— William Sloane Coffin
“People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.”
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“Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one.”
— William Sloane Coffin
“Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.”
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“I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.”
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“Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.”
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“Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?”
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“I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.”
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“It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.”
— 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.
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