Martin Luther Quotes
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Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.
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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.
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It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the best and something divine. It is the inventor and mentor of all the arts, medicines, laws, and of whatever wisdom, power, virtue, and glory men possess in this life.
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A penny saved is of more value than a penny paid out (Der Sparpfennig ist reicher denn der Zinspfenning).
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Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father's heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
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It cannot, indeed, be denied, that a good man is more worthy of love than a bad one.
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Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts.
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, "I want only you"
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True Christian love is not derived from things without, but floweth from the heart, as from a spring.
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Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in those which were painted with a choice simplicity. So it is with me as to sermons.
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For who in fact seeks the salvation of souls through indulgences, and not instead money for his coffers? This is evident from the way indulgences are preached . For the commissioners and preachers do nothing but extol indulgences and incite.
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Nothing is more sweet than harmony in marriage, and nothing more distressing than dissension.
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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.
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When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all Heaven and earth, even though that word be but in a whisper.
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What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them.
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The true Gospel has it that we are justified by faith alone, without the deeds of the Law.
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I myself saw and touched at Dessay, a child of this sort, which had no human parents, but had proceeded from the Devil. He was twelve years old, and, in outward form, exactly resembled ordinary children.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.
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By God's grace, I know Satan very well. If Satan can turn God's Word upside down and pervert the Scriptures, what will he do with my words - or the words of others?
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Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful.
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This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
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We must not regard what or how the world esteems us, so we have the Word pure, and are certain of our doctrine.
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The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth.