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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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There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts.
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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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In Jesus, God wills to be true God not only in the height but also in the depth - in the depth of human creatureliness, sinfulness and mortality.
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Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.
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The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.
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Humanity in its basic form is co-humanity.
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As ministers we ought to speak of God. We are human, however, and so cannot speak of God. We ought therefore to recognize both our obligation and our inability and by that very recognition give glory to God
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With an ear open to your musical dialectic, one can be young and become old, can work and rest, be content and sad: in short, one can live.
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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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The Spirit bears witness. Ecstasy and enlightenment, inspiration and intuition are not necessary. Happy is the man who is worthy of these but woe unto us if we wait for such experiences woe unto us if we do not perceive that these things are of secondary importance.
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