Martin Luther

At Sussen the Devil carried off last Good Friday three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means to live there with an obliging spouse and to be satisfied with little.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Sin cannot tear you away from him (Christ) even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

A mighty fortress is our God A sword and shield victorious He breaks the cruel oppressors rod And wins salvation glorious .

As long as we live, there is never enough singing.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Prayer, study, and suffering make a pastor.

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

This is true faith a living confidence in the goodness of God.

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

Beer is made by men, wine by God.

Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the multiplication of families.

Pray, and let God worry.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

All our experience with history should teach us when we look back how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself.

The hair is the richest ornament of women.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone but also on trees and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

Faith is a living daring confidence in Gods grace so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

Good works do not make a good man but a good man does good works.

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

The Holy Spirit has a way of His own to say much in few words.

Christ is the master the Scriptures are only the servant.

A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.

To have peace and love in a marriage is a gift that is next to the knowledge of the gospel.

The Holy Scriptures surpass in efficaciousness all the arts and all the sciences of the philosophers and jurists; these, though good and necessary to life here below, are vain and of no effect as to what concerns the life eternal.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.

Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone but in every leaf in springtime.

There is no more lovely friendly and charming relationship communion or company than a good marriage.

Sinners are attractive because they are loved; they are not loved because they are attractive.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth.

Let all the free will in the world do all it can with all its strength it will never give rise to a single instance of ability to avoid being hardened if God does not give the Spirit or of meriting mercy if it is left to its own strength.

The fewer the words the better the prayer.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Faith is a living and unshakable confidence. a belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.

If the heart has been reformed by the spirit, it makes use of both the useful and delightful things created and given by God in a holy manner and with thanksgiving.

A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church it is a goodly Christian weapon.

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity it destroys religion it destroys states it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.

The fruit does not make the tree good or bad but the tree itself is what determines the nature of the fruit. In the same way a person first must be good or bad before doing a good or bad work.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.

It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.

Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and, know nothing but the word of God.

I had rather be in hell with Christ than be in heaven without him.

The cross alone is our theology.

There is no more lovely, friendly, charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

To do so no more is the truest repentance.

Good news from heaven the angels bring, Glad tidings to the earth they sing: To us this day a child is given, To crown us with the joy of heaven.

You have as much laughter as you have faith.

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?

For in the true nature of things if we rightly consider every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.

I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

Christ is the master; the Scriptures are only the servant.

A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.