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William Sloane Coffin Quotes: 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.


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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.



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.



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.





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With the first commandment, Mohammed tried to imprison common sense. And with the second commandment, the beautiful, romantic side of mankind was enslaved.

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I was wearing women's jeans way before it was cool for guys to wear them. I have a weird torso - it's incredibly short, and only girl-pants fit me properly.

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Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign of a healthy or energetic culture.

Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign of a healthy or energetic culture.



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The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.

The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.



You know, there's that silly saying 'We're born alone and we die alone' -it's nonsense. We're surrounded at birth and surrounded at death. It is in between that we're alone.

You know, there's that silly saying 'We're born alone and we die alone' -it's nonsense. We're surrounded at birth and surrounded at death. It is in between that we're alone.




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