Martin Luther Quotes
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All these things He must be in me, abiding, living, speaking in me; that I may be the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. v. 21); not in love, nor in gifts and graces which follow; but in Him.
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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
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Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.
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Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
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Yes, would to God that I could persuade the rich and the mighty that they would permit the whole Bible to be painted on houses, on the inside and the outside, so that all can see it. That would be a Christian work... If it is not a sin but good to have the image of Christ in my heart, why should it be a sin to have it in my eyes? This is especially true since the heart is more important than the eyes, and should be less stained by sin because it is the true abode and dwelling place of God.
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If men only believe enough in Christ they can commit adultery and murder a thousand times a day without periling their salvation.
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Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side.
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Drive them Jews like mad dogs from our land... let not one of them live.
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Every country must have its own devil. Welshland its own, and France its own. Our German devil will be a good wind-pipe, and must be called drinking, being so thirsty and hell-like that no guzzling of wine and beer, however large, will cool it off, and I fear that such will ever remain Germany's plague, until the day of judgment.
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God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.
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The Holy Ghost must here be our only master and tutor.
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Over against the devil and his missionaries, the authors of false doctrines and sects, we ought to be like the Apostle, impatient, and rigorously condemnatory, as parents are with the dog that bites their little one, but the weeping child itself they soothe.
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Wealth is the smallest thing on earth, the least gift that God has bestowed on mankind.
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Nothing good ever comes of violence.
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The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
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The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.
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There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy Ghost, and he himself a prophet.
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I have lived to see the greatest plague on earth -- the condemning of God's word, a fearful thing, surpassing all other plagues in the world; for thereupon most surely follow all manner of punishments, eternal and corporal.
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Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power. As the latter is the commonest, so it also is the most noxious.
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To worship God in spirit is the service and homage of the heart, and implies fear of God and trust in Him.
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Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!
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If it were art to overcome heresy with fire, the executioners would be the most learned doctors on earth.
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Ein' feste burg is unser Gott,ein gute wehr und waffen.Er hilft uns frei aus aller not,die uns itzt hat betroffen.
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Our suffering is not worthy the name of suffering. When I consider my crosses, tribulations, and temptations, I shame myself almost to death, thinking what are they in comparison of the sufferings of my blessed Savior Christ Jesus.