Accepting Quote by Frederick Buechner

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“The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.”

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Snobs are people who look down on other people, but that does not justify our looking down on them. Who can say what dark…

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I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular church, could…

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Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength.

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A Christian isn't necessarily any nicer than anybody else, just better informed.

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“The things that the world fills time with are enough to turn the heart to stone, but the goodness of time itself is as…

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If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it.

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Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…

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This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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