Martin Luther Quotes
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What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and work flow.
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I had rather be in hell with Christ, than be in heaven without him.
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You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
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Men are so delving into the mysteries of things that today a boy of twenty knows more than twenty doctors formerly knew.
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Even like as St. Paul was converted, just so are all others converted; for we all resist God, but the Holy Ghost draws the will of mankind, when he pleases, through preaching.
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Is Christ only to be adored? Or is the holy Mother of God rather not to be honoured? This is the woman who crushed the Serpent's head. Hear us. For your Son denies you nothing.
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For the devil is better pleased with coarse blockheads and with folks who are useful to nobody; because where such characters abound, then things do not go on prosperously here on earth.
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There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment.
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Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scriptures.
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It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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Each betrayal begins with trust.
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But since the devil's bride, Reason, that pretty whore, comes in and thinks she's wise, and what she says, what she thinks, is from the Holy Spirit, who can help us, then? Not judges, not doctors, no king or emperor, because reason is the Devil's greatest whore.
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It's not what I don't know that bothers me - it's what I do know and don't do!
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What is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.
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Pray, and let God worry.
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A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.
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If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.
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If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.
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Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted.
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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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The Holy Ghost has called me by the gospel and illuminated me with his gifts and sanctified and preserved me in the true faith.
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Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior.