Martin Luther Quotes
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A wicked tyrant is better than a wicked war.
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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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Put thou thy trust in God; In duty's path go on; Fix on His word thy steadfast eye; So shall thy work be done.
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An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.
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It is false that the will, left to itself, can do good as well as evil, for it is not free, but in bondage...On the side of man there is nothing that goes before grace, unless it be impotency and even rebellion.
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When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ.
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What would it matter if, for the sake of the Christian Church, one were to tell a big lie?
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Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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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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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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There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise.
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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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It would be a good thing if young people were wise and old people were strong, but God has arranged things better.
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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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Therefore the blind Jews are truly stupid fools.
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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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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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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When God creates faith in a man, that is as great a work as if He created heaven and earth all over again.
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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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Despair makes priests and friars.
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That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.
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There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.
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Christian life consists of faith and charity.