Choice Quote by William Sloane Coffin Download Open image “Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.” — William Sloane Coffin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Choice Choices Companion Compassion Justice
Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I see compassion may become a justice, though it be a weakness, I confess, and nearer a vice than a virtue. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion. — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
“Joy is the most important Christian emotion. Duty calls only when gratitude fails to prompt.” — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
“A friend...risks her friendship for the sake of her friend.” — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
“We are not slaves but children of our Father, free to do good, free to sin. So when in anguish over any human violence… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
“And if we exalt freedom as Christians, we must remember that freedom is grounded in love.” — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
“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 he and then we will see.… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share
We must be governed by the force of law, not by the law of force. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
“But what I am beginning to suspect is that most guilty people reject the possibility of forgiveness not because it is too good to… — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
“In a world of fixed future, there can be no right or wrong. Right and wrong demand freedom of choice, but if each action… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Exactly. So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard… — Josephine Angelini Copy Share Image
You dont choose your life; it chooses you. Theres no point asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material. — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Since I don't outline my books very much, I feel like sometimes I don't have a choice in what the characters do; they just… — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
Words can only have an effect on you if you choose to listen to them. — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
