"It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system."

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Source : William Sloane Coffin “A Passion for the Possible”, Westminster John Knox Press

William Sloane Coffin

#Justice Quotes #Water Quotes #Work Out Quotes

“Life as it should be: all friends, all art, all music, all love, all the time.”
“Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.”

Source : Gerald Stanley Lee (1913). “Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy”
“And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end”
“Regardless of the Islamophobia, where we have gone wrong in the Democratic Party and the American left is to play wholeheartedly into identity politics, which divides us just as much as it can unite us. We need to take a long hard look. We can celebrate our identities and our heritage, we can understand, you know, but we don't need to be melting pot. We can be a solid ball with all the different pieces.”
“Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.”
“There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage of a three-stage rocket, or simply get in a balloon and keep going. But if it's sheer, unadulterated discomfort you're looking for, just stay on land.”

Source : "Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days". Documentary, 1989.
“If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim”
“Abortion ... interferes with God's plan-a plan He willed before He created the universe.”

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