Frederick Buechner

Quotes

• “Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.”
• “'Lord, I believe; help my unbelief' is the best any of us can do really, but thank God it is enough.”
• “And now brothers, I will ask you a terrible question, and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths, beyond the stars, just this: that to live without him is the real death, that to die with him the only life?”
• “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.”
• “With words as valueless as poker chips, we play games whose object it is to keep us from seeing each other’s cards.”
• “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.”

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