"To be wise is to be eternally curious." — Frederick Buechner

"To be wise is to be eternally curious."

— Frederick Buechner

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169 Quotes by Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner has 169 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is…
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because…
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes…
Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a…
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are…
When someone we love suffers, we suffer with that person, and we would not have it otherwise, because the suffering…
We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.
Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the…
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
True faith, a simple life, a helping hand- the three things prized most in Heaven.
You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and…
We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.…

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I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious. — Paul Auster
I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family… — Michele Bachmann
If you're curious, London's an amazing place. — David Bailey
It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he… — Honore de Balzac
I'm just curious, who's more fit to raise a child? A loving committed same-sex couple or an unmarried 15-year-old with… — Ellen Barkin
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who… — Bruce Barton
'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest;… — Cyrano de Bergerac
Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they… — Isaiah Berlin
It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich,… — Vinoba Bhave
I'm always curious about what happens when we die. And I'd like to think that somehow the spirit goes on.… — Nicolas Cage
A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce… — Oswald Chambers
It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how… — Agatha Christie

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