Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. William Sloane Coffin More Quotes by William Sloane Coffin More Quotes From William Sloane Coffin Compassion and justice are companions, not choices. William Sloane Coffin choices compassion justice Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can create intimacy, and freedom too, for when all hearts are one, nothing else has to be one--neither clothes nor age; neither sex nor sexual preference; race nor mind-set. William Sloane Coffin distance heart sex I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be. William Sloane Coffin delighted should way Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment. William Sloane Coffin conflict environment violence Nuclear Weapons merit unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation William Sloane Coffin nuclear weapons religious We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force. William Sloane Coffin force law We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security. William Sloane Coffin national-security mess justice In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions. William Sloane Coffin values passion courage Faith handles the ultimate incongruities of life, humor handles the more immediate ones. William Sloane Coffin incongruity life-humor handle I asked an 85 year old professor, 'What makes you cry?' He said, 'Whenever I see or hear the truth.' William Sloane Coffin professors cry years We call on all members of America's religious communities, as a testament of our common faith, to join Faithful Security, and to take action immediately to break faith with nuclear weapons. William Sloane Coffin community religious america It's so much easier to beat your breast than to stick your neck out. William Sloane Coffin necks easier sticks I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK. William Sloane Coffin loving-yourself accepting-yourself personality All of life is the exercise of risk. William Sloane Coffin risk life-is exercise It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one. William Sloane Coffin biblical mistake bible 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 risk exercise sports Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice. William Sloane Coffin charity compassion justice Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability. William Sloane Coffin truth-is taste danger Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair? William Sloane Coffin despair growing growing-up Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil in this world you have to be a Bengal tiger, when, in fact, it is enough to be a tame tabby—a nice person but not a good one. In short, Pentecost makes it clear that nothing is so fatal to Christianity as indifference. William Sloane Coffin good-life nice christian
