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.

Quote by Frederick Buechner

Topics: Frederick Buechner Quotes

If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are...

If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are...

Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs.

Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs.

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside...

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside...

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

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

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have...

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have...

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

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man...

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man...

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the...

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the...

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is...

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is...

You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what...

You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what...

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man...

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man...

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside...

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside...

Your enemies are your greatest teachers. They test you on forgiveness, strength, compassion, and faith...

Your enemies are your greatest teachers. They test you on forgiveness, strength, compassion, and faith...

Don't base a relationship on sex. You need love, compassion and caring. Then sex can...

Don't base a relationship on sex. You need love, compassion and caring. Then sex can...

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve...

By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve...

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy,...

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy,...

God's bodkin, man, much better: use every man after his desert, and who shall scape...

God's bodkin, man, much better: use every man after his desert, and who shall scape...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I think that having the compassion of someone who knows your faults and still loves...

I think that having the compassion of someone who knows your faults and still loves...

Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night

Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night