Martin Luther Quotes
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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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Christ designed that the day of his coming should be hid from us, that being in suspense, we might be as it were upon the watch.
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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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Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.
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Faith ever says, 'If Thou wilt,' not 'If Thou canst.'
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Let your holy Angel have charge concerning us, that the wicked one have no power over us.
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May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.
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The whole Turkish empire is nothing else but a crust cast by Heaven's great Housekeeper to His dogs.
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Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.
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Take away the Mass, destroy the Church.
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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 was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.
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No man should be alone when he opposes Satan. The Church and the ministry of the Word were instituted for this purpose, that hands may be joined together and one may help another.
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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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Christian life consists of faith and charity.
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One drop of Christ's blood is worth more than heaven and earth.
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He that will maintain that man's free will is able to do or work anything in spiritual cases, be they never so small, denies Christ.
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God foreknows nothing by contingency, but that He foresees, purposes, and does all things according to His immutable, eternal, and infallible will. By this thunderbolt, "Free-will" is thrown prostrate, and utterly dashed to pieces.
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I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.
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God created Adam lord of all living creatures, but Eve spoiled it all.
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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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If I had to refute all the other articles of the Jewish faith, I should be obliged to write against them as much and for as long a time as they have used for inventing their lies - that is, longer than two thousand years.
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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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There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.