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

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  Uncommitted, Worth Living

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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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  Bible, Mistake, Biblical

  William Sloane Coffin (2012). “The Heart Is a Little to the Left: Essays on Public Morality”, p.62, UPNE

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

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  Hope, Passion, Hopeful

  William Sloane Coffin (1977). “Once to Every Man: A Memoir”, Atheneum Books

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

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  Thinking, Make You Think, Church

  William Sloane Coffin (2004). “Credo”, p.137, Westminster John Knox Press

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• For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of homosexuals with the love of Christ.

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  Christian, Punishment, Rejection

  William Sloane Coffin “A Passion for the Possible”, Westminster John Knox Press

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

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  Pain, Cost, Opinion

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

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  Loving Yourself, Personality, Accepting Yourself

  William Sloane Coffin (2008). “The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years”, p.551, Westminster John Knox Press

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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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  Good Life, Unfinished Business, Events

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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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  Important, Leap Of Faith, Matter

  William Sloane Coffin (2004). “Credo”, p.7, Westminster John Knox Press

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

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  Needs, Blind, Humans

  William Sloane Coffin (2008). “The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years”, p.354, Westminster John Knox Press

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• All of life is the exercise of risk.

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  Exercise, Risk, Life Is

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

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  People, Injustice, Disorder

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• The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?

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  Daughter, Country, Military

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• Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are.

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  Love, Bigger, Stature

  William Sloane Coffin (2004). “Credo”, p.24, Westminster John Knox Press

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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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  Men, Waiting, Swim

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

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  Feet, Needs, Attention

  William Sloane Coffin (2008). “The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years”, p.174, Westminster John Knox Press

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

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  Best Love

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• The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift. He told me that once he forgot himself and opened up like a door with a loose latch and everything fell out and he tried for days to put it all back in the proper order, but he finally gave up and left if there in a pile and loved everything equally. thanks to a subscriber! -William Sloan Coffin.

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  Love, Doors, Order

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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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  Courage, Passion, Values

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• Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.

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  Violence, Conflict, Environment

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

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  Justice, National Security, Mess

  William Sloane Coffin (2004). “Credo”, p.143, Westminster John Knox Press

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

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  Selfish, Decision, Morality

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

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  Law, Force

  William Sloane Coffin “Letters to a Young Doubter”, Westminster John Knox Press

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

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  Love, Stature

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• Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

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  Compassion, Justice, Charity

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