An advocate of peace, social justice, freedom and hope, William Sloane Coffin's book Credo offers his quotes on a range of humanitarian and philosophical subjects. Contemplating an excerpt or two when in need of a little inspiration will change the outlook of your day. Here are a few examples:
"Our business in life is less making something of ourselves than finding something worth doing and losing ourselves in it."
“When we live at each other's mercy, we had better learn to be merciful.”
“When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.”
“Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you can't be optimistic. You can keep the faith despite the evidence, knowing that only in so doing has the evidence any chance of changing. So while I'm not optimistic, I'm always very hopeful.”
“I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.”
"Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without."
“A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.”
"Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat."
“When we live at each other's mercy, we had better learn to be merciful.”
“When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.”
“Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you can't be optimistic. You can keep the faith despite the evidence, knowing that only in so doing has the evidence any chance of changing. So while I'm not optimistic, I'm always very hopeful.”
“I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.”
"Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without."
“A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.”
"Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat."
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