To be a saint is to be a little out of one's mind, which is a very good thing to be a little out of from time to time. It is to live a life that is always giving itself away and yet is always full.
Frederick BuechnerGod in his unending greatness and glory and man in his unending littleness, prepared for the worst but rarely for the best, prepared for the possible but rarely for the impossible.
Frederick BuechnerEven the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength.
Frederick BuechnerWhenever you find tears in your eyes, especially unexpected tears, it is well to pay the closest attention.
Frederick BuechnerThe birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it.
Frederick BuechnerMuch as we wish, not one of us can bring back yesterday or shape tomorrow. Only today is ours, and it will not be ours for long, and once it is gone it will never in all time be ours again. Thou only knowest what it holds in store for us, yet even we know something of what it will hold. The chance to speak the truth, to show mercy, to ease another’s burden. The chance to resist evil, to remember all the good times and good people of our past, to be brave, to be strong, to be glad.
Frederick Buechner