150 Quotes by Karl Barth


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    Mozart's music always sounds unburdened, effortless, and light. This is why it unburdens, releases, and liberates us.

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    No one can be saved--in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved--in virtue of what God can do.

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    Jesus Christ, as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture, is the one Word of God whom we have to hear, and whom we have to trust and obey in life and in death.

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    I don’t believe in universalism, but I do believe in Jesus Christ, the reconciler of all

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    There will be no song on our lips if there be no anguish in our hearts.

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    I take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally.

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