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Quote by Frederick Buechner

“My prayer is spasmodic, occasional, desperate. It has a great deal to do with my children's physical well-being - that when they're traveling in the air the plane not crash, things like that.”

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Frederick Buechner

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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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