Martin Luther Quotes

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

Martin Luther

Pray, and let God worry.

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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

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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.

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Reason is the enemy of faith.

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Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

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Forgiveness is God's command.

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

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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

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God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

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I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

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Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

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

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There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

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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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Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

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Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

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

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War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

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For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

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