“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.”
Karl Barth (1886–1968) Swiss Protestant theologian
As quoted in The Harper Book of Quotations (1993) by Robert I. Fitzhenry, p. 223.
“The grace of God is the thing that is needful. One should pray for the grace of God.”
[Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations, 301]
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