Martin Luther Quotes
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At night always carry in your heart something from Holy Scriptures to bed with you, meditate upon it like a ruminant animal, and go softly to sleep; but this must not be too much, rather a little that may be well pondered and understood, that you may find a remnant of it in your mind when you rise in the morning.
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Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
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All creatures are merely veils under which God hides Himself and deals with us.
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This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deeds but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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The winds are nothing else but good or bad spirits. Hark! how the Devil is puffing and blowing.
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The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
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Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause.
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Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the multiplication of families.
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Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.
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Each day of the holidays comes bringing its own gifts. Open your heart, Untie the ribbons, and enjoy the contents! Were earth a thousand times as fair Beset with gold and jewels rare She yet were far too poor to be A narrow cradle, Lord, for Thee.
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As to why some are touched by the law and others not, so that some receive and others scorn the offer of grace...this is the hidden will of God, Who, according to His own counsel, ordains such persons as He wills to receive and partake of the mercy preached and offered.
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An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body, for the service of Christendom and of the church.
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
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The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.
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The curses of the ungodly are more pleasing to God's ears than the hallelujahs of the pious.
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Men have broad and large chests, and small narrow hips, and more understanding than women, who have but small and narrow breasts, and broad hips, to the end they should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children.
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Here is the truly Christian life, here is faith really working by love, when a man applies himself with joy and love to the works of that freest servitude in which he serves others voluntarily and for nought, himself abundantly satisfied in the fulness and riches of his own faith.
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It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.
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The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith.
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We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.
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If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself.
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At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.