Martin Luther Quotes
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Those with prodigious skill in music are better suited for all things.
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Whenever the true message of the cross is abolished, the anger of hypocrites and heretics eases and all things seem to be at peace.
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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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If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for nothing.
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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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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.
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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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There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise.
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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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There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.
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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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Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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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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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
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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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I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him.
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A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon.
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The quest for glory can never be satisfied, it must be extinguished.
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Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
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I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.
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Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.
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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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Christian life consists of faith and charity.