William Coffin Quotations

God's love doesn't seek value; it creates it. It's not because we have value that we are loved, but because we're loved that we have value. So you don't have to prove yourself -- ever. That's taken care of.

God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.

When we live at each other's mercy, we had better learn to be merciful.

There is no smaller package in the world that that of a person all wrapped up in himself.

When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention.

All of life is the exercise of risk.

So don't let money tell you who you are. Don't let power tell you who your are. Don't let enemies and -- for God's sake -- don't let your sins tell you who you are. Don't prove yourself. That's taken care of. All we have to do is express ourselves. It's difficult, but we're a lot more alive in pain than in complacency.

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