--- title: "15 Wells Quotes By Frederick Buechner" description: "15 Wells quotes by Frederick Buechner. Plus more from Frederick Buechner and more Wells sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/frederick-buechner-883_bible_jesus-remember-me-when-you-come-into-you_2638384.png" --- > [Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/jesus-remember-me-when-you-come-into-your-kingdom-the-good-thief-said/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/frederick-buechner-883_bible_jesus-remember-me-when-you-come-into-you_2638384.png) > [Whenever you find tears in your eyes, especially unexpected tears, it is well to pay the closest attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/whenever-you-find-tears-in-your-eyes-especially-unexpected-tears-it/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/frederick-buechner-883_attention_whenever-you-find-tears-in-your-eyes-esp_1583504.png) > [My prayer is spasmodic, occasional, desperate. It has a great deal to do with my children's physical well-being - that when they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/my-prayer-is-spasmodic-occasional-desperate-it-has-a-great-deal-to-do/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/frederick-buechner-883_air_my-prayer-is-spasmodic-occasional-desper_1848857.png) > [If what makes you happy is going out and living it up and spending all your money on wine, women, and song,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/if-what-makes-you-happy-is-going-out-and-living-it-up-and-spending/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/frederick-buechner-883_chance_if-what-makes-you-happy-is-going-out-and_281711.png) > [I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/frederick-buechner-883_breaths_i-suspect-that-jesus-spoke-many-of-his-p_91762.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/frederick-buechner-883_believe_i-think-most-people-if-i-asked-would-say_1135182.png) > [The difference to me is not between the believers on one hand and the nonbelievers on the other hand. It's between people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-difference-to-me-is-not-between-the-believers-on-one-hand-and-the/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/frederick-buechner-883_believer_the-difference-to-me-is-not-between-the_2765245.jpg) > [If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/if-we-are-to-love-our-neighbors-before-doing-anything-else-we-must/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/frederick-buechner-883_art_if-we-are-to-love-our-neighbors-before-d_3108047.png) > [Being a good steward of your pain. . . . It involves being alive to your life. It involves taking the risk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/being-a-good-steward-of-your-pain-it-involves-being-alive-to-your/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/frederick-buechner-883_alive_being-a-good-steward-of-your-pain-it-inv_3201972.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/frederick-buechner-883_concerned_it-s-very-easy-in-a-way-horrible-in-some_3115488.png) > [To be commanded to love God at all, let alone in the wilderness, is like being commanded to be well when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/to-be-commanded-to-love-god-at-all-let-alone-in-the-wilderness-is/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/frederick-buechner-883_broken_to-be-commanded-to-love-god-at-all-let-a_2165032.jpg) > [In the Christian sense, love is not primarily an emotion but an act of the will. When Jesus tells us to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/in-the-christian-sense-love-is-not-primarily-an-emotion-but-an-act-of/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/frederick-buechner-883_christian_in-the-christian-sense-love-is-not-prima_1614794.jpg) > [What's prayer? It's shooting shafts into the dark. What mark they strike, if any, who's to say? It's reaching for a hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/what-s-prayer-it-s-shooting-shafts-into-the-dark-what-mark-they/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/frederick-buechner-883_breasts_what-s-prayer-it-s-shooting-shafts-into_214461.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/frederick-buechner-883_believe_the-worst-isn-t-the-last-thing-about-the_823701.jpg) > [... the world can give you these glimpses as well as fairy tales can--the smell of rain, the dazzle of sun on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/the-world-can-give-you-these-glimpses-as-well-as-fairy-tales-can-the/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/frederick-buechner-883_candle_the-world-can-give-you-these-glimpses-as_1810646.jpg) ## Other authors on Wells ## 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/wells/frederick-buechner/#itemlist", "name": "15 Wells Quotes By Frederick Buechner", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). 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