There is always the poet, the lunatic, the...... Quote by "Frederick Buechner"

There is always the poet, the lunatic, the lover; there is always the religious man who is a queer mixture of the three.
— Frederick Buechner The Magnificent Defeat

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Other Quotes by "Frederick Buechner"

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

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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.
— Frederick Buechner

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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.
— Frederick Buechner

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Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.
— Frederick Buechner

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Somos todos mais místicos do que acreditamos ou queremos crer (...). Temos visto mais do que deixamos transparecer, até para nós mesmos. Seja em momentos de beleza ou dor, seja por meio de alguma reviravolta sutil em nossa vida, ao menos vislumbramos o que cegou os santos; só que, ao contrário dos santos, seguimos em frente como se nada tivesse acontecido. Seguir em frente ciente de que algo aconteceu, apesar de não ter certeza do que foi, nem do que fazer com o que ocorreu, é entrar na dimensão da vida de que trata a palavra religião.
— Frederick Buechner A Room Called Remember: Uncollected Pieces

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