Martin Luther Quotes
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On the Ninety-five Theses:
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God's love gives in such a way that it flows from a Father's heart, the well-spring of all good. The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious; as among ourselves we say of even a trifling gift, "It comes from a hand we love," and look not so much at the gift as at the heart.
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Adam and Eve derived the fullness of joy and bliss from their contemplation of all the animal creatures.
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True faith will no more fail to produce good works than the sun can cease to give light.
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Each day of the holidays comes bringing its own gifts. Open your heart, Untie the ribbons, and enjoy the contents! Were earth a thousand times as fair Beset with gold and jewels rare She yet were far too poor to be A narrow cradle, Lord, for Thee.
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Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.
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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.
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God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
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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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If anyone could have gained heaven as a monk, then I would indeed have been among them.
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It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, and not spend time with many words before coming to the point; secondly, to say that which belongs to the subject in chief, and avoid strange and foreign thoughts; thirdly, to stop at the proper time.
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God the Almighty has made our rulers mad; they actually think they can do—and order their subjects to do—whatever they please. And the subjects make the mistake of believing that they, in turn, are bound to obey their rulers in everything.
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He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.
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You should be certain that angels are protecting you when you go to sleep. Yea, that they are protecting you also in all your business, whether you enter or leave your home.
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Blessed is he who submits to the will of God; he can never be unhappy.
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Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.
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Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity.
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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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Each betrayal begins with trust.
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My counsel is, that we draw water from the true source and fountain, that is, that we diligently search the Scriptures. He who wholly possesses the text of the Bible, is a consummate divine.
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The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that he sunk himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding.
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There are some of us who think to ourselves, 'If I had only been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby. I would have washed His linen. How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manger!' Why don't we do it now? We have Christ in our neighbor.
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A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 'tis a rare bird in the land.
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All of a Christian's life is one of repentance.