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title: "19 Believe Quotes By Frederick Buechner"
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> [To believe in God is to give your heart to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/to-believe-in-god-is-to-give-your-heart-to-god/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [“We believe in God when for one reason or another we choose to do so. We believe God when somehow we run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/we-believe-in-god-when-for-one-reason-or-another-we-choose-to-do-so/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [To believe in Christ is to give your heart to Christ, which means not to affirm things about Christ, but it's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/to-believe-in-christ-is-to-give-your-heart-to-christ-which-means-not/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [Lord, I believe; help my unbelief' is the best any of us can do really, but thank God it is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/lord-i-believe-help-my-unbelief-is-the-best-any-of-us-can-do-really/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [I'm not religious in the sense that I do not subscribe to any particular set of religious dogma. I don't go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-m-not-religious-in-the-sense-that-i-do-not-subscribe-to-any/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [ I believe with the best of who I am in God, but I sometimes think if anybody would watch me and \[they\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-believe-with-the-best-of-who-i-am-in-god-but-i-sometimes-think-if/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [Unbelief is as much of a choice as belief is. What makes it in many ways more appealing is that whereas to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/unbelief-is-as-much-of-a-choice-as-belief-is-what-makes-it-in-many/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [Many an atheist is a believer without knowing it juast as many a believer is an atheist without knowing it. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/many-an-atheist-is-a-believer-without-knowing-it-juast-as-many-a/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/turn-around-and-believe-that-the-good-news-that-we-are-loved-is/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [I think most people, if I asked, would say, "Yes, of course I believe." But I think for a great many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-think-most-people-if-i-asked-would-say-yes-of-course-i-believe-but/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [I don't think Christ would give a hoot whether you mentioned Christ to them or not. What matters - I'm speaking arrogantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-don-t-think-christ-would-give-a-hoot-whether-you-mentioned-christ/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [To believe is not intellectual assent: "Yes, I believe in Jesus. I will sign my name to the Nicene Creed. I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/to-believe-is-not-intellectual-assent-yes-i-believe-in-jesus-i-will/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [God created us in joy and created us for joy, and in the long run not all the darkness there is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/god-created-us-in-joy-and-created-us-for-joy-and-in-the-long-run-not/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [Our stories are all stories of searching. We search for a good self to be and for good work to do. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/our-stories-are-all-stories-of-searching-we-search-for-a-good-self-to/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-believe-that-what-genesis-suggests-is-that-this-original-self-with/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [Part of the inner world of everyone is this sense of emptiness, unease, incompleteness, and I believe that this in itself is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/part-of-the-inner-world-of-everyone-is-this-sense-of-emptiness-unease/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [“If we are to believe he is really alive with all that that implies, then we have to believe without proof. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/if-we-are-to-believe-he-is-really-alive-with-all-that-that-implies/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [The worst isn't the last thing about the world. It's the next to the last thing. The last thing is the best.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-worst-isn-t-the-last-thing-about-the-world-it-s-the-next-to-the/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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> [“I believe that whether we recognize him or not, or believe in him or not, or even know his name, again and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-believe-that-whether-we-recognize-him-or-not-or-believe-in-him-or/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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## Other authors on Believe

## More by Frederick Buechner

> [In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/in-the-entire-history-of-the-universe-let-alone-in-your-own-history/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/people-are-disturbed-not-by-things-but-by-the-view-they-take-of-them/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it didfor millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/it-is-impossible-to-conceive-how-different-things-would-have-turned/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and signals that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/at-least-to-look-back-over-their-own-lives-as-i-have-looked-back-over/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [Snobs are people who look down on other people, but that does not justify our looking down on them. Who can say what dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/snobs-are-people-who-look-down-on-other-people-but-that-does-not/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular church, could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-could-of-course-have-done-no-more-if-no-less-than-affiliated-myself/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/even-the-saddest-things-can-become-once-we-have-made-peace-with-them/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [A Christian isn't necessarily any nicer than anybody else, just better informed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/a-christian-isn-t-necessarily-any-nicer-than-anybody-else-just-better/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [“The things that the world fills time with are enough to turn the heart to stone, but the goodness of time itself is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-things-that-the-world-fills-time-with-are-enough-to-turn-the/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-pride-that-keeps-us-from-forgiving-is-the-same-pride-which-keeps/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but a the same time you carry them with you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/you-can-kiss-your-family-and-friends-good-bye-and-put-miles-between/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/if-the-truth-is-worth-telling-it-is-worth-making-a-fool-of-yourself/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-suspect-that-jesus-spoke-many-of-his-parables-as-a-kind-of-sad-and/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [“How Adewen stuffed her braid in her mouth at that! Or she'd cover her mirth with her hands and shake till you'd think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/how-adewen-stuffed-her-braid-in-her-mouth-at-that-or-she-d-cover-her/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

> [Resurrection means that the worst thing is never the last thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/resurrection-means-that-the-worst-thing-is-never-the-last-thing/)

[Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/)

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                        "text": "To believe is not intellectual assent: \"Yes, I believe in Jesus. I will sign my name to the Nicene Creed. I believe it all\" - which you could do, [but] it would have no effect on who you were or what you did. It is, rather, to give your heart.",
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                        "text": "Our stories are all stories of searching. We search for a good self to be and for good work to do. We search to become human in a world that tempts us always to be less than human or looks to us to be more. We search to love and to be loved. And in a world where it is often hard to believe in much of anything, we search to believe in something holy and beautiful and life-transcending that will give meaning and purpose to the lives we live.",
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                        "text": "I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the most essential part of who we are and is buried deep in all of us as a source of wisdom and strength and healing which we can draw upon or, with our terrible freedom, not draw upon as we choose. I think that among other things all real art comes from that deepest self - painting, writing music, dance, all of it that in some way nourishes the spirit.",
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                        "text": "Part of the inner world of everyone is this sense of emptiness, unease, incompleteness, and I believe that this in itself is a word from God, that this is the sound that God’s voice makes in a world that has explained him away. In such a world, I suspect that maybe God speaks to us most clearly through his silence, his absence, so that we know him best through our missing him.",
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                        "text": "“If we are to believe he is really alive with all that that implies, then we have to believe without proof. And of course that is the only way it could be. If it could be somehow proved, then we would have no choice but to believe. We would lose our freedom not to believe. And in the very moment that we lost that freedom, we would cease to be human beings. Our love of God would have been forced upon us, and love that is forced is of course not love at all. Love must be freely given. Love must live in the freedom not to love; it must take risks. Love must be prepared to suffer even as Jesus on the Cross suffered, and part of that suffering is doubt.”",
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                        "text": "The worst isn't the last thing about the world. It's the next to the last thing. The last thing is the best. It's the power from on high that comes down into the world, that wells up from the rock-bottom worst of the world like a hidden spring. Can you believe it? The last, best thing is the laughing deep in the hearts of the saints, sometimes our hearts even. Yes. You are terribly loved and forgiven. Yes. You are healed. All is well.",
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                        "text": "“I believe that whether we recognize him or not, or believe in him or not, or even know his name, again and again he comes and walks a little way with us along whatever road we're following. And I believe that through something that happens to us, or something we see, or somebody we know--who can ever guess how or when or where?--he offers us, the way he did at Emmaus, the bread of life, offers us new hope, a new vision of light that not even the dark world can overcome.”",
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