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title: "43 Way Quotes By Frederick Buechner"
description: "43 Way quotes by Frederick Buechner. Plus more from Frederick Buechner and more Way sayings from other authors."
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> [The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-past-is-the-place-we-view-the-present-from-as-much-as-the-other/)

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

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> [Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/coincidences-are-god-s-way-of-getting-our-attention/)

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

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> [I pray for people I love when they are sick. I pray that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-pray-for-people-i-love-when-they-are-sick-i-pray-that-way/)

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

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> [You enter the extraordinary by way of the ordinary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/you-enter-the-extraordinary-by-way-of-the-ordinary/)

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

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> [People will buy snake oil from anybody who seems to be selling it in a persuasive way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/people-will-buy-snake-oil-from-anybody-who-seems-to-be-selling-it-in/)

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

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> [Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/religion-points-to-that-area-of-human-experience-where-in-one-way-or/)

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

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> [The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-birth-of-jesus-made-possible-not-just-a-new-way-of-understanding/)

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

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> [Becoming a Christian was terribly helpful to me. I can't imagine finding my way without it. I think it can be very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/becoming-a-christian-was-terribly-helpful-to-me-i-can-t-imagine/)

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

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> [...words are in a way our godly sharing in the work of creation, and the speaking and writing of words is at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/words-are-in-a-way-our-godly-sharing-in-the-work-of-creation-and-the/)

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

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> [Without somehow destroying me in the process, how could God reveal himself in a way that would leave no room for doubt?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/without-somehow-destroying-me-in-the-process-how-could-god-reveal/)

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

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> [My story is important not because it is mine, God knows, but because if I tell it anything like right, the chances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/my-story-is-important-not-because-it-is-mine-god-knows-but-because-if/)

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

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> [I am such a person of words. I've spent so much of my life trying to get it right, say it right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-am-such-a-person-of-words-i-ve-spent-so-much-of-my-life-trying-to/)

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

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> [Think of these pages as graffiti maybe, and where I have scratched up in a public place my longings and loves, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/think-of-these-pages-as-graffiti-maybe-and-where-i-have-scratched-up/)

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

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> [To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/to-forgive-somebody-is-to-say-one-way-or-another-you-have-done/)

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

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> [Grace is something you can never get but can only be given. There's no way to earn it or deserve it or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/grace-is-something-you-can-never-get-but-can-only-be-given-there-s-no/)

[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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> [ The other day, the way people \[do\] who are approaching their 80th birthday, I was thinking about all the last business -… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-other-day-the-way-people-do-who-are-approaching-their-80th/)

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

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> [Love yourself not in some egocentric, self-serving sense but love yourself the way you would love your friend in the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/love-yourself-not-in-some-egocentric-self-serving-sense-but-love/)

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

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> [I say, “You may be right, but don’t knock it until you’re tried it. Don’t say, ‘I think it’s worthless; therefore I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/i-say-you-may-be-right-but-don-t-knock-it-until-you-re-tried-it-don-t/)

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

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> [It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it…](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/)

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> [ Everybody prays whether \[you think\] of it as praying or not. The odd silence you fall into when something very beautiful is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/everybody-prays-whether-you-think-of-it-as-praying-or-not-the-odd/)

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

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> [The fearsome blessing of that hard time continues to work itself out in my life in the same way we're told the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-fearsome-blessing-of-that-hard-time-continues-to-work-itself-out/)

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

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> [Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/of-the-seven-deadly-sins-anger-is-possibly-the-most-fun-to-lick-your/)

[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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> [Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/principles-are-what-people-have-instead-of-god-to-be-a-christian/)

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

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> [ Jesus doesn't say, "The religion founded in my name is the way, the truth, and the life, \[and\] what people say about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/jesus-doesn-t-say-the-religion-founded-in-my-name-is-the-way-the/)

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

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> [I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular…](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/)

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> [ When \[our secrets\] are sad and hurtful secrets, like my father's death, we can in a way honor the hurt by letting… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/when-our-secrets-are-sad-and-hurtful-secrets-like-my-father-s-death/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [It's very easy in a way, horrible in some ways, but simply to give up the whole thing, to say, "Well, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/it-s-very-easy-in-a-way-horrible-in-some-ways-but-simply-to-give-up/)

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

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> [For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/for-outlandish-creatures-like-us-on-our-way-to-a-heart-a-brain-and/)

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

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> [She was right that reality can be harsh and that you shut your eyes to it only at your peril because if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/she-was-right-that-reality-can-be-harsh-and-that-you-shut-your-eyes/)

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> [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/)

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> [Through the power that memory gives us of thinking, feeling, imagining our way back through time we can at long last finally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/through-the-power-that-memory-gives-us-of-thinking-feeling-imagining/)

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

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> [Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/listen-to-your-life-see-it-for-the-fathomless-mystery-it-is-in-the/)

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

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> [Whatever you do with your life-whatever you end up achieving or not achieving-the great gift you have in you to give to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/whatever-you-do-with-your-life-whatever-you-end-up-achieving-or-not/)

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

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> [The Shield was another of the Fear's names. According to Laughter, it means he shields the seed of Abraham the way a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-shield-was-another-of-the-fear-s-names-according-to-laughter-it/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Phrases like Worship Service or Service of Worship are tautologies. To worship God means to serve him. Basically there are two ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/phrases-like-worship-service-or-service-of-worship-are-tautologies-to/)

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

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> [In a world where there are no longer books we have almost all of us read, the movies we have almost all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/in-a-world-where-there-are-no-longer-books-we-have-almost-all-of-us/)

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

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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                        "text": "The fearsome blessing of that hard time continues to work itself out in my life in the same way we're told the universe is still hurtling through outer space under the impact of the great cosmic explosion… I think grace sometimes explodes into our lives like that-sending our pain, terror, astonishment hurtling through inner space until by grace they become Orion, Cassiopeia, Polaris to give us our bearings, to bring us into something like full being at last.",
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                        "text": "Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back--in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.",
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                        "text": "Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to sacrifice even your highest principles for God's or your neighbour's sake the way a Christian pacifist must be willing to pick up a baseball bat if there's no other way to stop a man from savagely beating a child. Jesus didn't forgive his executioners on principle but because in some unimaginable way he was able to love them. 'Principle' is an even duller word than 'Religion'.",
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                        "text": "I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular church, could have simply read books about Christianity, talked to Christian people, set out to discover something about what a Christian life is supposed to involve and then tried as best I could to live one. But, on the one hand, that didn't seem enough to me, and on the other, it seemed to much.",
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