Martin Luther Quotes
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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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He who knoweth and understandeth Christ's life, knoweth and understandeth Christ Himself; and in like manner, he who understandeth not His life, doth not understand Christ Himself. And he who believeth on Christ, believeth that His life is the best and noblest life that can be, and if a man believe not this, neither doth he believe on Christ Himself.
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Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.
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Exhort your household to learn the Ten Commandments word for word, that they should obey God…For if you teach and urge your families things will go forward.
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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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A Christian has no need of any law in order to be saved, since through faith we are free from every law. Thus all the acts of a Christian are done spontaneously, out of a sense of pure liberty.
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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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One drop of Christ's blood is worth more than heaven and earth.
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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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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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Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown.
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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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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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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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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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Women should remain at home, sit still, and bear children.
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I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any.
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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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Faith ever says, 'If Thou wilt,' not 'If Thou canst.'
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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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May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.
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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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Reason should be destroyed in all Christians.
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Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.