"if you don't have doubts you're either kidding……" — Frederick Buechner
"if you don't have doubts you're either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants-in-the-pants of faith. They keep it alive and moving."
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169 Quotes by Frederick Buechner
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We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.
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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
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True faith, a simple life, a helping hand- the three things prized most in Heaven.
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