Martin Luther Quotes
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By the law is the knowledge of sin Rom 3:20, so the word of grace comes only to those who are distressed by a sense of sin and tempted to despair.
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He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than the comments of four authors.
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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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When the Scripture speaks, God speaks.
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There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise.
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A wicked tyrant is better than a wicked war.
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I have undertaken to translate the Bible into German. This was good for me; otherwise I might have died in the mistaken notion that I was a learned fellow.
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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Beer is made by men, wine by God.
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A person whodoes not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs.
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God created Adam lord of all living creatures, but Eve spoiled it all.
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Christian life consists of faith and charity.
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Therefore the blind Jews are truly stupid fools.
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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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If you see yourself as a "little sinner" you will inevitably see Jesus as a "little savior".
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Despair makes priests and friars.
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Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen
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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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You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh. For when you have faith, there will be a hundred more evil thoughts and a hundred more temptations than before.
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I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.
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We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
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The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice.
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In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual." What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could be satisfied by works, but since it is spiritual, no one can satisfy it unless everything he does springs from the depths of the heart. But no one can give such a heart except the Spirit of God, who makes the person be like the law, so that he actually conceives a heartfelt longing for the law and henceforward does everything, not through fear or coercion, but from a free heart.
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Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.