Martin Luther Quotes
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One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.
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There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.
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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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All we who believe on Christ are kings and priests in Christ.
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Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
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Count it one of the highest virtues upon earth to educate faithfully the children of others, which so few, and scarcely any, do by their own.
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God created Adam lord of all living creatures, but Eve spoiled it all.
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I am bound by the texts of the Bible, my conscience is captive to the Word of God, I neither can nor will recant anything, since it is neither right nor safe to act against my conscience.
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True Christian love is not derived from things without, but floweth from the heart, as from a spring.
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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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When the Scripture speaks, God speaks.
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It is with all these qualities that we must stand before God and intervene on behalf of those who do not have them, as though clothed with someone else's garment. But even before men we must, with the same love, render them service against their detractors and those who are violent toward them; for this is what Christ did for us.
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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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It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences.
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The great unthankfulness, contempt of God's word, and wilfulness of the world, make me fear that the divine light will soon cease to shine on man, for God's word has ever had its certain course.
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God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing.
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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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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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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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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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Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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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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The Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something new in it every day. For twenty-eight years, since I became a doctor, I have now constantly read and preached the Bible; and yet I have not exhausted it but find something new in it every day.
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That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.