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Holy Quotes by Frederick Buechner
- In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
- Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy…
- The world speaks of holy things in the only language it knows, which is worldly language.
- He [Jesus] speaks in parables, and though we have approached these parables reverentially all these many years and have heard them expounded as grave and…
- The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life…
- I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of why…
- Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement…
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- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up Scripture and… — Michele Bachmann
- The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. — Francis Bacon
- Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path. — Abu Bakr
- I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core,… — Stephen Baldwin
- We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the… — Saint Basil
- As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism… — Saint Basil
- God our Father, Jesus, our Elder Brother and our Redeemer, and the Holy Ghost, the Testator, are perfect. They know us best… — Ezra Taft Benson