“I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap and then you grow wings.”

—  William Sloane Coffin

Source: Credo, 2004, p. 7

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap and then you grow wings." by William Sloane Coffin?
William Sloane Coffin photo
William Sloane Coffin4
American activist 1924–2006

Related quotes

“Sometimes you have to take those first steps, take that leap of faith, and inspire God to catch you.”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 83

Anne Frank photo

“I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

Source: The Diary of a Young Girl

Cassandra Clare photo

“Reckless,” he said. “You know, when I first showed up at the Institute, Alec called me reckless so many times that I went and looked it up in the dictionary”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

Jerry Coyne photo

“After all, by what lights can you see atheism as a “leap of faith”? What is the “faith” there? Failure to accept gods is no more a leap of faith than is doubting the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, or Santa Claus. It’s not “faith” when you refuse to accept a proposition for which there’s no evidence.”

Jerry Coyne (1949) American biologist

" Self-abasing atheist at the Guardian calls atheism is a “leap of faith” https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/self-abasing-atheist-at-the-guardian-says-that-atheism-is-a-leap-of-faith/" October 29, 2015

Sarah Dessen photo

“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”

Sarah Dessen book This Lullaby

Source: This Lullaby

“Take a leap of faith and see that these troubled waters have no power over you unless you give it to them, and even then they lie.”

Ted Dekker (1962) American writer

Source: Water Walker: The Full Story

Ian McEwan photo

“Love doesn't grow at a steady rate, but advances in surges, bolts, wild leaps, and this was one of those.”

Ian McEwan book Sweet Tooth

Source: Sweet Tooth

Terry Goodkind photo

“You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life.”

Terry Goodkind book The Pillars of Creation

Source: The Pillars of Creation

Alastair Reynolds photo

“That would require an unprecedented leap of faith. I don’t do faith, Scorpio said.”

Alastair Reynolds book Absolution Gap

Source: Absolution Gap (2003), Chapter 33 (p. 515)

Related topics