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. View quote
William Sloane Coffin
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. View quote
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. View quote
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. View quote
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. View quote
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? View quote
William Sloane Coffin
I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings. View quote
William Sloane Coffin