Quotations

"Of God's love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the planet; and secondly, God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement."

— William Sloane Coffin, American peace activist, born 1924

"Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself."

— William Sloane Coffin, American peace activist, born 1924

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

— William Sloane Coffin, American peace activist, born 1924

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

— William Sloane Coffin, American peace activist, born 1924

"I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings."

— William Sloane Coffin, American peace activist, born 1924

"You and I can never be born enough. We are human beings for whom birth is a supremely welcome mystery. The mystery of growing...happens only whenever we are faithful to ourselves."

— Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, born 1934

"Ring the bells that you still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

— Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, born 1934

"If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick everyday."

— Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, born 1934

"Everything depends on how near you sleep to me."

— Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, born 1934

"It doesn’t matter which you heard, the holy or the broken Hallelujah."

— Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, born 1934

"The basic function of popular music is to create an environment for courting, lovemaking, and doing the dishes. It's useful because it addresses the heart in the midst of all these activities, and it will always be useful in this very important way."

— Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, born 1934

"If you love friends, you will serve your friends. If you love community, you will serve your community. If you love money, you will serve your money. And if you love only yourself, you will serve only yourself. And you will have only yourself."

— Stephen Colbert, American political satirist, born 1964

"I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly. The air is the only place free from prejudice."

— Bessie Coleman, First African American female pilot, born 1892

"The air is the only place free from prejudice."

— Bessie Coleman, First African American female pilot, born 1892