Frederick Buechner Quotes


Remember Jesus of Nazareth staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection bearing on his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the hands of God. Frederick Buechner Salvation 108
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Dont be afraid. Frederick Buechner Courage 107
Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving. Frederick Buechner Doubt 100
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints. Frederick Buechner Called 91
If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child. Frederick Buechner Child 91
Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death. Frederick Buechner Health 77
And now brothers I will ask you a terrible question and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths beyond the stars just this that to live without him is the real death that to die with him the only life Frederick Buechner Jesus 76
I hold my plush monkey over the bannister and let it drop. Its eyes light up when you squeeze its kidneys as whose eyes I suppose would not. Frederick Buechner Eyes 69
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. Frederick Buechner Peace 68
Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage. Frederick Buechner Religion 57
Unbelief is as much of a choice as belief is. What makes it in many ways more appealing is that whereas to believe in something requires some measure of understanding and effort not to believe doesnt require much of anything at all. Frederick Buechner Atheism 50
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle. Frederick Buechner God 45
If we are a people who pray darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we are people who do not pray it is apt to be darkness in one form or another that has stopped our mouths. Frederick Buechner Darkness 42
Like Adam we have all lost Paradise and yet we carry Paradise around inside of us in the form of a longing for almost a memory of a blessedness that is no more or the dream of a blessedness that may someday be again. Frederick Buechner Heaven 40
The grace of God means something like Here is your life. You might never have been but you are because the party wouldnt have been complete without you. Frederick Buechner Grace 39
For outlandish creatures like us on our way to a heart a brain and courage Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning not home but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last. Frederick Buechner Christmas 37
Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst. Frederick Buechner Lust 36
There is always the poet the lunatic the lover there is always the religious man who is a queer mixture of the three. Frederick Buechner Belief 35
Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean not spotless to be sure but clean enough for another days chalking. Frederick Buechner Grace 34
Theres no way to earn it or deserve it or bring it about any more than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and cream or earn good looks or bring about your own birth. Frederick Buechner Spirituality 33
Lord I believe help my unbelief is the best any of us can do really but thank God it is enough. Frederick Buechner Jesus 31
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. Frederick Buechner Life 31
A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand. Frederick Buechner Miracles 30
The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around. Frederick Buechner Past 30
Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody elses skin. Its the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. Frederick Buechner Compassion 29
It is within the bonds of marriage that I for one found a greater freedom to be and to become and to share myself thatn I can imaine ever having found in any other kind of relationship. Frederick Buechner Marriage 28
If you have never known the power of Gods love then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it I mean really asked expecting an answer. Frederick Buechner Belief 26
Go where your best prayers take you. Frederick Buechner Prayer 25

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