William Sloane Coffin Jr.

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.”

“My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy, the government is me, and I don't want to kill anybody.”

“There are three kinds of patriots, two bad, one good. The bad ones are the uncritical lovers and the loveless critics. The good patriots are those who carry on a lover's quarrel with their country.”

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

“It is one thing to have a private relationship with God. It is quite another to have a private faith.”

“Courage is a muscle that you can develop.”

“May God bless America, but not America only.”

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

“Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible.”

“I'm not OK, you're not OK, and that's OK.”

“God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.”

“Faith is not belief in spite of evidence but a commitment in the face of doubt.”

“Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future.”

“The first and finest lesson is that of caring.”

“Humility is the courage to be honest.”

“Conscience is that still small voice that tells us somebody is watching.”