Martin Luther Quotes
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God has set the type of marriage through creation. Each creature seeks its perfection in another.
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There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.
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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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Music is the 5th gospel.
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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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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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Christian life consists of faith and charity.
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The quest for glory can never be satisfied, it must be extinguished.
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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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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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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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To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.
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May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.
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When my heart is cold and I cannot pray as I should I scourge myself with the thought of the impiety and ingratitude of my enemies, the Pope and his accomplices and vermin, and Zwingli, so that my heart swells with the righteous indignation and hatred and I can say with warmth and vehemence: 'Holy be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done!' And the hotter I grow the more ardent do my prayers become.
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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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I am not of the opinion that all the arts shall be crushed to earth and perish through the Gospel, as some bigoted persons pretend, but would willingly see them all, and especially music, servants of Him who gave and created them.
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Women should remain at home, sit still, and bear children.
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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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Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, 'Do this,' and it is never done. Grace says, 'Believe in this,' and everything is already done.
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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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I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
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For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.
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I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.