Quotes from Karl Barth
It may be that when the angels go about their task of praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart and that then too our dear Lord listens with special pleasure.
- Karl Barth
Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate.
- Karl Barth
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
- Karl Barth
Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.
- Karl Barth
Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.
- Karl Barth
Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is Himself the way
- Karl Barth
The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.
- Karl Barth
In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.
- Karl Barth
This much is certain, that we have no theological right to set any sort of limits to the loving-kindness of God which has appeared in Jesus Christ. Our theological duty is to see and understand it as being still greater than we had seen before.
- Karl Barth
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.
- Karl Barth
The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this field.
- Karl Barth
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
- Karl Barth