All Frederick Buechner Quotes
- To be wise is to be eternally curious. Curious
- 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… Anger
- Remember me not for the ill I've done but for the good I've dreamed. Dreamed
- Without somehow destroying me in the process, how could God reveal himself in a way that would leave no room for doubt? If there were… Destroying
- the story of any one of us is in some measure the story of us all All
- A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand. Equals
- He also said we should carve in the year and place where I was born, but I said no. As a man dies many times… Alive
- That's five friends, one each for Jesu's wounds, and Godric bears their mark still on what's left of him as in their time they all… All
- 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… Came
- 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… Absence
- Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in… Anytime
- Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch… Called
- Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's… Absolves
- Much as we wish, not one of us can bring back yesterday or shape tomorrow. Only today is ours, and it will not be ours… All
- The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been… Able
- Listen. Your life is happening. You are happening. Think back on your journey. The music of your life... Happening
- . . some moment happens in your life that you say yes right up to the roots of your hair, that makes it worth having… Along
- Listen to your life. All moments are key moments. All
- Wether you call on him or don't call on him, God will be present with you. Call
- Here and there even in our world, and now and then, even in ourselves, we catch glimpeses of a New Creation, which, fleeting as those… Apt