One writer whose words reach into the core of my being is Frederick Buechner. (from his website: Frederick Buechner - pronounced BEEK-ner - is an American writer and theologian. He is the author of more than thirty published books and has been an important source of inspiration and learning for many readers. His work encompasses many genres, including fiction, autobiography, essays, sermons, and other nonfiction.)
Here are some of my favorite quotes from Buechner:
"The sacred moments, the moments of miracle, are often the everyday moments."
~ Frederick Buechner, The Magnificent Defeat #quote
"Your life and my life flow into each other as wave flows into wave,
and unless there is peace and joy and freedom for you,
there can be no real peace or joy or freedom for me."
~ Frederick Buechner #quote
"Whatever else is withheld,
the shepherd never withholds himself."
~ Frederick Buechner, Secrets in the Dark #quote
"I not only have my secrets, I am my secrets. And you are yours. Our secrets are human secrets, and our trusting each other enough to share them with each other
has much to do with the secret of what it means to be human."
~ Frederick Buechner #quote
"You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach,
because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you."
~ Frederick Buechner #quote
"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 #quote
"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, The Hungering Dark #quote
For more Buechner quotes, we have an album on Pinterest and an album on Facebook.
5 Minute Free-For-All - Words of Wisdom by Buechner - #write31days 10-27-16
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