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Frederick Buechner Quotes: 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.


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



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Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.



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We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.



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Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.



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Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.



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



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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.



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.



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The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.



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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.





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