At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
We cannot make the Kingdom of God happen, but we can put out leaves as it draws near. We can be kind… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
We are in constant danger of being not actors in the drama of our lives but reactors, to go where the world… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
What gets me back to church, I think, is thinking maybe this time that question "Is it true?" will be answered, not… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
God knows we have our own demons to be cast out, our own uncleanness to be cleansed. Neurotic anxiety happens to be… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The magic of words is that they have power to do more than convey meaning; not only do they have the power… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
When a child is born, a father is born. A mother is born, too of course, but at least for her it's… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Being a good steward of your pain. . . . It involves being alive to your life. It involves taking the risk… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it didfor millions… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and signals that… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Snobs are people who look down on other people, but that does not justify our looking down on them. Who can say what dark… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular church, could… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
A Christian isn't necessarily any nicer than anybody else, just better informed. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“The things that the world fills time with are enough to turn the heart to stone, but the goodness of time itself is as… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“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… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
