Author: Frederick Buechner

Quotes

You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.

You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.

- Frederick Buechner

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

- Frederick Buechner

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 complete without you.

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 complete without you.

- Frederick Buechner

It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

- Frederick Buechner

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

- Frederick Buechner

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