William Sloane Coffin

"Do not be afraid to do what is right."

"We need to recover the idea of vocation or calling."

"The power to transform is the power to heal."

"We are dying from too much information and not enough wisdom."

"Literature opens new worlds and expands horizons."

"We cannot live only for ourselves."

"Death is less terrible than a life without meaning."

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"We must learn to live together or die together."

"A man's body may be enslaved, but his mind can be free."

"The quest for justice is the quest for peace."

"We are all broken; that's how the light gets in."

"Family is the most important institution in society."

"Friendship is the purest form of love."

"Never give up on what you truly believe in."

"Health is not merely the absence of disease."

"We must create a world where all people are treated with dignity."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"We are instruments of grace."

"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask."

"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with oneself."

"War is the failure of diplomacy."

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."

"Every person has inherent worth and dignity."

"Fear is the enemy of courage but also its teacher."

"The arc of history bends toward justice."

"We are all responsible for each other."