"The world is too dangerous for anything but……" — William Sloane Coffin
"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."
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49 Quotes by William Sloane Coffin
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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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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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