Martin Luther Quotes (155 Quotes)

He who hears this name (God) from a Jew must inform the authorities, or else throw sow dung at him when he sees him and chase him away

Where there are no good works, there is no faith. If works and love do not blossom forth, it is not genuine faith, the Gospel has not yet gained a foothold, and Christ is not yet rightly known.

Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things.

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, Why didnt God do something Where was God when all those people died ... The same place he was when His son died

In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offense was slain But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah

He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher

A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.

The state of matrimony is the chief in the world after religion but people shun it because of its inconveniences, like one who, running out of the rain, falls into the river

Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.

When I was a child there were many witches, and they bewitched both cattle and men, especially children

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the man to God, love brings him to men.

Drunkenness is when the tongue walks on stilts and reason goes forward under half a sail.

I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.

The words of the Hebrew tongue have a peculiar energy, ... It is impossible to convey so much so briefly in any other language. To render them intelligibly we must not attempt to give word for word translations, but only aim at the sense and the original Author's idea.

We have decided to follow the example of the prophets and the fathers of the church and write German hymns for the German people

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.

All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself

I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.

Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

Every great book is an action, and every great action is a book.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

Over and above that we let them get rich on our sweat and blood, while we remain poor and they suck the marrow from our bones

The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ If Christ had done what you are doing, who would ever have been spared.

Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already.

I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

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.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

Our Lord God doesn't do great things except by violence, as they say

Christian life consists of faith and charity.

A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing Our helper He, amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe His craft and pow'r are great, And, armed with cruel hate, On earth is not his equal. Did w.

I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands And thousands of years.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.

What is our death but a nights sleep For as through sleep all weariness and faintness pass away and cease, and the powers of the spirit come back again, so that in the morning we arise fresh and strong and joyous so at the Last Day we shall rise again as if we had only slept a night, and shall be fresh and strong.

Some (demons) are also in the thick black clouds, which cause hail, lightning and thunder, and poison the air, the pastures and grounds

Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but - more frequently than not - struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God

Christ is the Master the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

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

Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking will never accomplish anything.

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.

Christians are rare people on earth.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.