Humour - G K Chesterton and Karl Barth

“It is the test of a good religion 

whether you can joke about it." 

G.K. Chesterton


And on the same theme:


“Laughter is the closest thing

 to the grace of God.” - (Karl Barth)

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Grace of God

“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.” - Karl Barth (May 10, 1886 - December 10, 1968)

 

"Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only force in the spiritual universe that causes a person to grow against the gravity of their own ego." - Simone Weil