Dung Pam

“On the basis of the eternal will of God we have to think of EVERY HUMAN BEING, even the oddest, most villainous or miserable, as one to whom Jesus Christ is Brother and God is Father; and we have to deal with him on this assumption. If the other person knows that already, then we have to strengthen him in the knowledge. If he does no know it yet or no longer knows it, our business is to transmit this knowledge to him.”
― Karl Barth, The Humanity of God

“Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.”
― 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

“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.”
― Karl Barth