People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Lord, catch me off guard today. Surprise me with some moment of beauty or pain so that at least for the moment,… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Here and there even in our world, and now and then, even in ourselves, we catch glimpeses of a New Creation, which,… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Like Adam, we have all lost Paradise; and yet we carry Paradise around inside of us in the form of a longing… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
. . some moment happens in your life that you say yes right up to the roots of your hair, that makes… — 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
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
