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73 Inspiring Quotes By Frederick Buechner On Faith, Take It

Famous As: Author, Presbyterian Minister
Born On: July 11, 1926
Born In: New York City
Age: 97 Years
Frederick Buechner is an eminent American theologian and writer. He has published more than thirty books and is also an ordained Presbyterian Minister. His writings, thoughts and work covers wide range of fields including autobiographies, essays, fiction and sermons. With a career spreading over six decades, Buechner’s books, thoughts, writings and essays have been translated into many languages and have a large readership across the globe. Some of his notable works include, ‘The Season’s Difference’, ‘The Book Of Bebb’, ‘The Sacred Journey’, ‘Faces of Jesus: A Life Story, 1974’, ‘Godric’, ‘The Yellow Leaves: A Miscellany’ and ‘A Long Day’s Dying’. His writings, thoughts, words and books have been praised for their inspirational and motivational aspects. Presenting famous quotations and sayings by Frederick Buechner.
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Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

Frederick Buechner
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

Frederick Buechner
Go where your best prayers take you.

Go where your best prayers take you.

Frederick Buechner
Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.

Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.

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
Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.

Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.

Frederick Buechner
Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.

Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention.

Frederick Buechner
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.

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
A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.

A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.

Frederick Buechner
To be wise is to be eternally curious.

To be wise is to be eternally curious.

Frederick Buechner
Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes....

Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes....

Frederick Buechner
The place to which God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.

The place to which God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.

Frederick Buechner
It’s less the words they say than those they leave unsaid that split old friends apart.

It’s less the words they say than those they leave unsaid that split old friends apart.

Frederick Buechner
Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are.

Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are.

Frederick Buechner
Vocation is the place where our deep gladness meets the world's deep need.

Vocation is the place where our deep gladness meets the world's deep need.

Frederick Buechner
Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.

Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst.

Frederick Buechner
Remember me not for the ill I've done but for the good I've dreamed.

Remember me not for the ill I've done but for the good I've dreamed.

Frederick Buechner
If you have never known the power of God's love, then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it - I mean really asked, expecting an answer.

If you have never known the power of God's love, then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it - I mean really asked, expecting an answer.

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.

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.

Frederick Buechner
God himself does not give answers. He gives himself.

God himself does not give answers. He gives himself.

Frederick Buechner
Without somehow destroying me in the process, how could God reveal himself in a way that would leave no room for doubt? If there were no room for doubt, there would be no room for me.

Without somehow destroying me in the process, how could God reveal himself in a way that would leave no room for doubt? If there were no room for doubt, there would be no room for me.

Frederick Buechner
Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.

Listen to your life. All moments are key moments.

Frederick Buechner
You can survive on your own; you can grow strong on your own; you can prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.

You can survive on your own; you can grow strong on your own; you can prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.

Frederick Buechner
Whether you call on him or don't call on him, God will be present with you.

Whether you call on him or don't call on him, God will be present with you.

Frederick Buechner
Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.

Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.

Frederick Buechner
... in the long run, there can be no joy for anybody until there is joy finally for us all

... in the long run, there can be no joy for anybody until there is joy finally for us all

Frederick Buechner
Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.

Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens.

Frederick Buechner
You enter the extraordinary by way of the ordinary

You enter the extraordinary by way of the ordinary

Frederick Buechner
Lord, I believe; help my unbelief' is the best any of us can do really, but thank God it is enough.

Lord, I believe; help my unbelief' is the best any of us can do really, but thank God it is enough.

Frederick Buechner