Martin Luther Quotes
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The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.
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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.
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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.
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For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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I am not permitted to let my love be so merciful as to tolerate and endure false doctrine. When faith and doctrine are concerned and endangered, neither love nor patience are in order....when these are concerned, neither toleration nor mercy are in order, but only anger, dispute, and destruction - to be sure, only with the Word of God as our weapon.
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Wir sind bettler. Hoc est verum.
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The Psalms are a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended.
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Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
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We may search long to find where God is, but we shall find Him in those who keep the words of Christ. For the Lord Christ saith, ' If any man love me, he will keep my words; and we will make our abode with him.'
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Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
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They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
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The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles.
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From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.
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Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.
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Out of special hatred for our faith, the devil has sent some whores here to destroy our poor young men . . . such a syphilitic whore can poison ten, twenty, thirty or more of the children of good people, and thus is to be considered a murderer, or worse, as a poisoner.
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Faith, like light, should ever be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.
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Die heilige christliche Kirche ist das fürnehmeste Weil Gottes, umb welches willen Alles geschaffen ist; darinnen täglich die großen Wunder geschehen, als Sunde vergeben, Tod wegnehmen, Gerechtigkeit und ewiges Leben geben.
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Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.
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When you see a person squirming in the clutches of the Law, say to him: 'Brother, get things straight. You let the Law talk to your conscience. Make it talk to your flesh.
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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.
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That little bird has chosen his shelter. Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of worlds. Yet he is rocking himself to sleep without caring for tomorrow's lodging, calmly clinging to his little twig, and leaving God to think for him.