Martin Luther Quotes
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What shall we do with...the Jews?...I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews.
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If obedience is not rendered in the homes, we shall never have a whole city, country, principality, or kingdom well governed. For this order in the homes is the first rule; it is the source of all other rule and government.
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Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful.
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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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The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
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Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.
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Nothing is more sweet than harmony in marriage, and nothing more distressing than dissension.
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The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without trials and temptations we should never understand anything thereof; no, not although we diligently read and heard the same.
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If by any effort of reason I could conceive how God, Who shows so much anger and iniquity, could be merciful and just, there would be no need of faith.
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It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business of the morning and the last of the evening.
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What do we older folks live for if not for the care of the young, to teach and train them?
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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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We can mention only one point (which experience confirms), namely, that next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. No greater commendation than this can be found — at least not by us. After all, the gift of language combined with the gift of song was only given to man to let him know that he should praise God with both word and music, namely, by proclaiming [the Word of God] through music.
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The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth.
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I have so many things to do today, I dare not ignore my time with God.
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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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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.
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The confidence and faith of the heart alone make both God and an idol. If your faith and trust be right, then is your god also true; and, on the other hand, if your trust be false and wrong, then you have not the true God; for these two belong together faith and God. That now, I say, upon which you set your heart and put your trust is properly your god.
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The faith towards God in Christ must be sure and steadfast, that it may solace and make glad the conscience, and put it to rest. When a man has this certainty, he has overcome the serpent; but if he be doubtful of the doctrine, it is for him very dangerous to dispute with the devil.
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Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.
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Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld.