52 Quotes by William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

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.

Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.

In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It’s time we did the same for homophobia.

In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

I’m not OK, you’re not OK-and that’s OK.

Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.

The one true freedom in life is to come to terms with death, and as early as possible, for death is an event that embraces all our lives. And the only way to have a good death is to lead a good life. The more we do God’s will, the less unfinished business we leave behind when we die.

I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.