"A spiritual person tries less to be godly……" — William Sloane Coffin
"A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human."
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49 Quotes by William Sloane Coffin
William Sloane Coffin has 49 quotes on this site.
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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a…
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The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life…
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Unity is not something we are called to create; it's something we are called to recognize.
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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
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Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.
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It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another…
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It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.
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I'm not OK, you're not OK-and that's OK.
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In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have…
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Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the…
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Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
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Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own…
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The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind…
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That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply…
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Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that…
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