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Grace creates liberated laughter. The grace of God...is beautiful, and it radiates joy and awakens humor.

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Karl Barth
Age: 82 †
Born: 1886
Born: May 10
Died: 1968
Died: December 10
Pastor
Theologian
University Teacher
Basle
Humor
Joy
Grace
Beautiful
Radiates
Awakens
Liberated
Creates
Laughter

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I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.
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Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not burn or consume. Heaven arches over the earth, but it does not weigh it down, it does not crush or devour it.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.
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The theologian who labours without joy is not a theologian at all.
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Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.
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When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.
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God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.
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When I come before these men I do not have to explain that we are all sinners. They have committed every sin there is. All I have to tell them is that I, too, am a sinner.
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