Collecting books? A note from Karl Barth
by Ben Myers
September 15, 2007
Kurt Johanson kindly sent me a copy of his delightful new volume, The Word in This World: Two Sermons by Karl Barth. And he included a facsimile of an inscription which Barth wrote in Klaus Bockmuehl’s copy of Against the Stream, back in 1954.
It’s such a nice inscription that I thought I’d reproduce it here – a timely reminder to all of us who like collecting books!
It’s such a nice inscription that I thought I’d reproduce it here – a timely reminder to all of us who like collecting books!
Meaning of life?
Collecting books? No, read them!
Reading them? No, think about!
Thinking about? No, do something for God and for your neighbour!
Collecting books? No, read them!
Reading them? No, think about!
Thinking about? No, do something for God and for your neighbour!
- Karl Barth, Basle, 2.11.195
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