--- title: "15 Speak Quotes By Frederick Buechner" description: "15 Speak quotes by Frederick Buechner. Plus more from Frederick Buechner and more Speak sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/frederick-buechner-883_book_preaching-and-writing-it-s-the-same-whet_1412476.png" --- > [Preaching and writing - it's the same. Whether I'm writing to speak or writing to be read in a book, it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/preaching-and-writing-it-s-the-same-whether-i-m-writing-to-speak-or/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/frederick-buechner-883_book_preaching-and-writing-it-s-the-same-whet_1412476.png) > [ If you are going to proclaim the Christian faith, speak about those dimensions of it which you\['ve\] had some experience with. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/if-you-are-going-to-proclaim-the-christian-faith-speak-about-those/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/frederick-buechner-883_christian_if-you-are-going-to-proclaim-the-christi_2468097.png) > [The world speaks of holy things in the only language it knows, which is worldly language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-world-speaks-of-holy-things-in-the-only-language-it-knows-which/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/frederick-buechner-883_holy_the-world-speaks-of-holy-things-in-the-o_2198168.png) > [Jesus didn't come to merely speak words that were true, He is the Word that makes us true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/jesus-didn-t-come-to-merely-speak-words-that-were-true-he-is-the-word/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/frederick-buechner-883_jesus_jesus-didn-t-come-to-merely-speak-words_2160486.png) > [ He \[Jesus\] speaks in parables, and though we have approached these parables reverentially all these many years and have heard them expounded… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/he-jesus-speaks-in-parables-and-though-we-have-approached-these/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/frederick-buechner-883_antics_he-jesus-speaks-in-parables-and-though-w_1847001.png) > [But it has been my experience that the risks are faroutweighed by the rewards, chief of which is when you speak to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/but-it-has-been-my-experience-that-the-risks-are-faroutweighed-by-the/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/frederick-buechner-883_care_but-it-has-been-my-experience-that-the-r_1132651.png) > [Speak in your own voice and speak about things that you have in some sense witnessed, not just things you read about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/speak-in-your-own-voice-and-speak-about-things-that-you-have-in-some/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/frederick-buechner-883_has-beens_speak-in-your-own-voice-and-speak-about_1062606.jpg) > [Listen to your life. Listen to what happens to you because it is through what happens to you that God speaks...It's in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/listen-to-your-life-listen-to-what-happens-to-you-because-it-is/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/frederick-buechner-883_communication_listen-to-your-life-listen-to-what-happe_1415227.jpg) > [If you talk about sin, you don't have to use the first person singular, but speak out of that part of yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/if-you-talk-about-sin-you-don-t-have-to-use-the-first-person-singular/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/frederick-buechner-883_first-person_if-you-talk-about-sin-you-don-t-have-to_2609165.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/frederick-buechner-883_absence_part-of-the-inner-world-of-everyone-is-t_1882436.png) > [When friends speak overmuch of times gone by, often it's because they sense their present time is turning them from friends to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/when-friends-speak-overmuch-of-times-gone-by-often-it-s-because-they/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/frederick-buechner-883_dear_when-friends-speak-overmuch-of-times-gon_248169.jpg) > [At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/frederick-buechner-883_caught_at-least-to-look-back-over-their-own-liv_27427.jpg) > [We are children, perhaps, at the very moment when we know that it is as children that God loves us - not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/we-are-children-perhaps-at-the-very-moment-when-we-know-that-it-is-as/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/frederick-buechner-883_children_we-are-children-perhaps-at-the-very-mome_2837702.png) > [Much as we wish, not one of us can bring back yesterday or shape tomorrow. Only today is ours, and it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/much-as-we-wish-not-one-of-us-can-bring-back-yesterday-or-shape/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/frederick-buechner-883_all-time_much-as-we-wish-not-one-of-us-can-bring_2245136.png) > [When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/when-you-remember-me-it-means-you-have-carried-something-of-who-i-am/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/frederick-buechner-883_faces_when-you-remember-me-it-means-you-have-c_1451853.png) ## Other authors on Speak ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/speak/frederick-buechner/#itemlist", "name": "15 Speak Quotes By Frederick Buechner", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Preaching and writing - it's the same. 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Listen to what happens to you because it is through what happens to you that God speaks...It's in language that's not always easy to decipher, but it's there powerfully, memorably, unforgettably.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Buechner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/listen-to-your-life-listen-to-what-happens-to-you-because-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/frederick-buechner-883_communication_listen-to-your-life-listen-to-what-happe_1415227.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/frederick-buechner-883_communication_listen-to-your-life-listen-to-what-happe_1415227.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/frederick-buechner-883_communication_listen-to-your-life-listen-to-what-happe_1415227.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Listen to your life. 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Speak in your own voice about things that you in your own life have in one way or another experienced.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Buechner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/if-you-talk-about-sin-you-don-t-have-to-use-the-first-person-singular/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/frederick-buechner-883_first-person_if-you-talk-about-sin-you-don-t-have-to_2609165.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/frederick-buechner-883_first-person_if-you-talk-about-sin-you-don-t-have-to_2609165.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/frederick-buechner-883_first-person_if-you-talk-about-sin-you-don-t-have-to_2609165.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you talk about sin, you don't have to use the first person singular, but speak out of that part of…” — Frederick Buechner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Buechner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/part-of-the-inner-world-of-everyone-is-this-sense-of-emptiness-unease/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/frederick-buechner-883_absence_part-of-the-inner-world-of-everyone-is-t_1882436.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/frederick-buechner-883_absence_part-of-the-inner-world-of-everyone-is-t_1882436.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/frederick-buechner-883_absence_part-of-the-inner-world-of-everyone-is-t_1882436.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Part of the inner world of everyone is this sense of emptiness, unease, incompleteness, and I believe that…” — Frederick Buechner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When friends speak overmuch of times gone by, often it's because they sense their present time is turning them from friends to strangers. Long before the moment came to say goodbye, I think, we said goodbye in other words and ways and silences. Then when the moment came for it at last, we didn't say it as should be said by friends. So now at last, dear Mouse, with many, many years between: goodbye.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Buechner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/when-friends-speak-overmuch-of-times-gone-by-often-it-s-because-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/frederick-buechner-883_dear_when-friends-speak-overmuch-of-times-gon_248169.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/frederick-buechner-883_dear_when-friends-speak-overmuch-of-times-gon_248169.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/frederick-buechner-883_dear_when-friends-speak-overmuch-of-times-gon_248169.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When friends speak overmuch of times gone by, often it's because they sense their present time is turning…” — Frederick Buechner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and signals that are so easy to miss when you're caught up in the process of living them. 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Only today is ours, and it will not be ours for long, and once it is gone it will never in all time be ours again. Thou only knowest what it holds in store for us, yet even we know something of what it will hold. The chance to speak the truth, to show mercy, to ease another’s burden. 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