Frederick Buechner vs. Rainer Maria Rilke
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Frederick Buechner
1926 – 2022
Carl Frederick Buechner was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian. The author of thirty-nine published books, his career spanned more than six decades and encompassed many different genres. He wrote novels, including Godric , A Long Day's Dying and The Book of Bebb, his memoirs, including The Sacred Journey, and theological works, such as Secrets in the Dark, The Magnificent Defeat, and Telling the Truth.
"If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we…"
Rainer Maria Rilke
1875 – 1926
Rainer Maria Rilke was a Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist, regarded as one of the most significant poets in the German language, known for works such as the Duino Elegies and Letters to a Young Poet.
"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us…"