Martin Luther Quotes
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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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Therefore the blind Jews are truly stupid fools.
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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As concerning faith we ought to be invincible, and more hard, if it might be, than the adamant stone; but as touching charity, we ought to be soft, and more flexible than the reed or leaf that is shaken with the wind, and ready to yield to everything.
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God wants our conscience to be certain and sure that it is pleasing to Him. This cannot be done if the conscience is led by its own feelings, but only if it relies on the Word of God.
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One drop of Christ's blood is worth more than heaven and earth.
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Exhort your household to learn the Ten Commandments word for word, that they should obey God…For if you teach and urge your families things will go forward.
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I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word; he that pleases may follow me; he that will not may stay.
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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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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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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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Those with prodigious skill in music are better suited for all things.
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Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains and flourishes, all prospers with the state; 'tis head and empress of all arts and faculties. Let but divinity fall, and I would not give a straw for the rest.
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And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
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In ourselves, we are sinners, and yet through faith we are righteous by the imputation of God. For we trust him who promises to deliver us, and in the meantime struggle so that sin may not overwhelm us, but that we may stand up to it until he finally take it away from us.
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Take away the Mass, destroy the Church.
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In the Church, great wonders daily occur, such as the forgiveness of sins, triumph over death . . . the gift of righteousness and eternal life.
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I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.
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May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.
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The devil doesn't stay where there is music.
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The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle but to procreate and bring up children, to support a household. This, of course, is a huge burden full of great cares and toils. But you have been created by God to be a husband or a wife and that you may learn to bear these troubles.
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Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.
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I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
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That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.