Martin Luther Quotes
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Christ and his word can hardly be recognized because of the great vermin of human ordinances. However, let this suffice for the time being on their lies against doctrine or faith.
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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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He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than the comments of four authors.
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A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon.
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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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That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom - this is the reason for our rejoicing.
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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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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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It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences.
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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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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can befall the gospel than that the world should fight it with force and cunning.
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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Christian life consists of faith and charity.
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Hereby we may understand that God, of His special grace, maketh the teachers of the gospel subject to the Cross, and to all kinds of afflicitons, for the salvation of themselves and of the people; for otherwise they could by no means beat down this beast which is called vain-glory.
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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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Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe them My wisdom belongs to the foolish, my power to the oppressed. Thus my wealth belongs to the poor, my righteousness to the sinners.
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Despair makes priests and friars.
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Take away the Mass, destroy the Church.
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Of whom shall I be afraid? One with God is a majority.
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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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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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God has set the type of marriage through creation. Each creature seeks its perfection in another.
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Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.