Martin Luther Quotes and Quotations
I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; for when I am angry, I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart.
Christian life consists of faith and charity.
Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
Who loves not women, wine and song, Remains a fool his whole life long.
God uses lust to impel men to marry, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.
Every thing that is done in the world is done by hope.
The devil does not stay where music is.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great Pope, Self.
Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.
Forgiveness is God's command.
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
God uses lust to impel men to marry, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.
Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
Tomorrow I plan to work, work, from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; when I am angry, I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart.
Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime.
The fewer the words, the better prayer.
The defects of a preacher are soon spied.
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, self.
In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offense was slain; But the Lord is risen today, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah!
Here I stand. I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen.
A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing, Our helper he amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing.
Christian life consists in faith and charity.
Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.
Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other.
Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter.
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.