Faith is not an art. Faith is not an achievement. Faith is not a good work of which some may boast while others can excuse themselves with a shrug of the shoulders for not being capable of it. It is a decisive insight of faith itself that all of us are incapable of faith in ourselves, whether we think of its preparation, beginning, continuation, or completion.
Karl BarthFaith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
Karl BarthTo clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.
Karl BarthJesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
Karl Barth