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Quote by Frederick Buechner

“I pray for people I love when they are sick. I pray that way.”

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Frederick Buechner, born on July 11, 1926, is a renowned American writer. His works span across various genres including novels, essays, and plays, known for their profound religious and philosophical reflections. more

“If what makes you happy is going out and living it up and spending all your money on wine, women, and song, the world doesn't need that. But on the other hand, if you give your life to good works - you go and work in a leper colony and it doesn't make you happy - the chances are you're not doing it very well.”

Ifs World Needs Giving Wells Hands Song Chance Wine Spending Going Out Good Work Chances Are Make You Happy Colony Leper

Author:Frederick Buechner

“What makes you, in the deepest sense of the word, happy? That's what you should be doing, if the other part is also met - if it is something the world needs.”

Ifs World Needs Should Mets

Author:Frederick Buechner

“Preaching and writing - it's the same. Whether I'm writing to speak or writing to be read in a book, it's the same thing.”

Writing Book Speak Preaching

Author:Frederick Buechner

“I don't know how to save my own life, so anything they've found in what I've written that saved theirs - I can't take responsibility for it.”

Knows I Can Found My Own Responsibility Know How Written Saved Taking Responsibility My Own Life

Author:Frederick Buechner

“The world needs people who save lives.”

People World Needs Save A Life

Author:Frederick Buechner

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