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.

Quote by Frederick Buechner

Topics: Frederick Buechner Quotes

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...

It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would...

It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of...

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

It's important to give it all you have while you have the chance.

It is every mans obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent...

It is every mans obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent...

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their...

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a...

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a...

Stop worrying about pleasing others so much, do more of what makes you happy.

Stop worrying about pleasing others so much, do more of what makes you happy.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must...

You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must...