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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.


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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.



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.

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.



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.



I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.



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.



Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.

Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.



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

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



To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.

To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.



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

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



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.

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.





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Get the hell off the Beach in Asbury Park and get out. You're done. It's 4:30 PM. You've maximized your tan. Get off the beach. Get in you cars and get out of those areas.

Get the hell off the Beach in Asbury Park and get out. You're done. It's 4:30 PM. You've maximized your tan. Get off the beach. Get in you cars and get out of those areas.



I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.



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Holmstrom has broken an Olympic record by being cross checked 46 times in one game!



Dad, because you are my father it's been easy to believe in God.

Dad, because you are my father it's been easy to believe in God.



Lust is a thing of the blood. Doesn't need head or heart.

Lust is a thing of the blood. Doesn't need head or heart.



It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.

It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.



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Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.

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and as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, i realize that i never saw true beauty until now.

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