William Sloane Coffin quotes

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

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

William Sloane Coffin

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

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.

William Sloane Coffin

Of God's love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the planet; and secondly, God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.

William Sloane Coffin

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

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

William Sloane Coffin

William Sloane Coffin

Occupation: American Clergyman
Born: June 1, 1924
Died: April 12, 2006
Quotes count: 8
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