Martin Luther

“When you understand this—and you should because "what hast thou that thou didst not receive?"—you will not flatter yourself on the one…

— Martin Luther

Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in…

— Martin Luther

Know that no one can have indulged in the Holy Writers sufficiently, unless he has governed churches for a hundred years with…

— Martin Luther

I would advise no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme. Every institution that does not unceasingly…

— Martin Luther

“Each one should become as it were a Christ to the other that we may be Christs to one another and Christ…

— Martin Luther

Man is man because he is free to operate within a framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make…

— Martin Luther

Why do you rant and brag with such a spate of words, as if you wanted to overwhelm me with a sort…

— Martin Luther

Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of…

— Martin Luther

“We teach that all men are naturally depraved. We condemn man's free will, his strength, wisdom, and righteousness. We say that we…

— Martin Luther

Every country must have its own devil. Welshland its own, and France its own. Our German devil will be a good wind-pipe,…

— Martin Luther

Great people and champions are special gifts of God, whom He gives and preserves; they do their work, and achieve great actions,…

— Martin Luther

“For if the world were without godly men and those who are to be saved, it would not stand; and when the…

— Martin Luther

“He who has once forsaken God finds it impossible to abide by one definite deity, that is, in one religion or definite…

— Martin Luther

This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace…

— Martin Luther

Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you…

— Martin Luther

There is on earth among all dangers, no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroid reason, especially if she enters…

— Martin Luther

Sheep, cattle, men-servants were all possessions to be sold as it pleased their masters. It were a good thing were it still…

— Martin Luther

People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the…

— Martin Luther

A man who has no part in the grace of God, cannot keep the commandments of God, or prepare himself, either wholly…

— Martin Luther

Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was…

— Martin Luther

For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in…

— Martin Luther

“the Church of Rome, formerly the most holy of all Churches, has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless…

— Martin Luther

The offering of [the body] is called a spiritual sacrifice because it is freely sacrificed through the Spirit, the Christian being uninfluenced…

— Martin Luther

I have always loved music; whoso has skill in this art, is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must…

— Martin Luther

If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look…

— Martin Luther

If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a…

— Martin Luther

In ourselves, we are sinners, and yet through faith we are righteous by the imputation of God. For we trust him who…

— Martin Luther

Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes…

— Martin Luther

In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the…

— Martin Luther

And I'll tell you, I've seen the lightning flash. I've heard the thunder roll. I felt sin-breakers dashing, trying to conquer my…

— Martin Luther

The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on…

— Martin Luther

Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind…

— Martin Luther

Also when it is a case of only upholding some spiritual tenet, such as infant baptism, original sin, and unnecessary separation, then…

— Martin Luther

... we must drive them [Jews] out like mad dogs, so that we do not become partakers of their abominable blasphemy and…

— Martin Luther

The great event on Calvary . . . is an eternal reminder to a power drunk generation that love is the most…

— Martin Luther

However, they have not acquired a perfect mastery of the art of lying; they lie so clumsily and ineptly that anyone who…

— Martin Luther

What shall we do with...the Jews?...set fire to their synagogues or schools and bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn,…

— Martin Luther

For the devil is better pleased with coarse blockheads and with folks who are useful to nobody; because where such characters abound,…

— Martin Luther

I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him:…

— Martin Luther

Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind--that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is…

— Martin Luther