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
Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way. – Karl Barth
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone. – Karl Barth
The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself. – Karl Barth
I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change were used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that were moving closer and closer to that tipping point. – Al Gore