Martin Luther

To pray well is the better half of study.

— Martin Luther

This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God.

— Martin Luther

Demons live in many lands, but particularly in Prussia.

— Martin Luther

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

— Martin Luther

So preach that those who do not fall out with their sins may fall out with thee.

— Martin Luther

The organ in the worship service is a sign of Baal.

— Martin Luther

“...so unbelief alone commits sin..Hence Christ calls unbelief the only sin.”

— Martin Luther

A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.

— Martin Luther

Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.

— Martin Luther

To worship God in spirit is the service and homage of the heart, and implies fear of God and trust in Him.

— Martin Luther

“the paradox is that God must destroy in us, all illusions of righteousness before he can make us righteous”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

Yes, I see the Church as the body of Christ. But, oh! How we have blemished and scarred that body through social…

— Martin Luther

To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes…

— Martin Luther

Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.

— Martin Luther

“His righteousness rises above the sins of all men; His life is more powerful than all death; His salvation is more unconquerable…

— Martin Luther

God is entirely and personally present in the wilderness, in the garden, in the field.

— Martin Luther

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an…

— Martin Luther

It is an unsufferable blasphemy to reject the public ministry or to say that people can become holy without sermons and Church.…

— Martin Luther

“Instead, we should remember to forgive others even when they have caused us suffering, as we often experience in this life. If…

— Martin Luther

God scorns and mocks the devil, in setting under his very nose a poor, weak, human creature, mere dust and ashes, yet…

— Martin Luther

Heretics cannot themselves appear good unless they depict the Church as evil, false, and mendacious. They alone wish to be esteemed as…

— Martin Luther

“You see then, that Diatribe truly possesses a free choice in her handling of Scriptures, so that words of one and the…

— Martin Luther

It is the duty of a prudent minister of God to hold his ministry in honor and to see to it that…

— Martin Luther

“Let us then consider it certain and firmly established that the soul can do without anything except the Word of God and…

— Martin Luther

Let all your preaching be in the most simple and plainest manner; look not to the prince, but to the plain, simple,…

— Martin Luther

“For more than twenty years I was a pious monk, read Mass daily, and so weakened myself with fasting and praying that…

— Martin Luther

God indeed tempteth no man; but yet we ask, in this petition, that he would keep and preserve us, lest the devil,…

— Martin Luther

Riches are the pettiest and least worthy gifts which God can give a man. What are they to God's Word, to bodily…

— Martin Luther

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women.…

— Martin Luther

“O God, our merciful Father, by Your Holy Law do You work in us the true knowledge of our sin, that our…

— Martin Luther

“Beware of the philosophy that leads people to say, “What can I do? What’s the use of praying? What good is it…

— Martin Luther

“It was expected, however, that [Erasmus] should make some reply and give some definition. But instead, by availing himself of a rhetorical…

— Martin Luther

The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.

— Martin Luther

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good.

— Martin Luther

Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?

— Martin Luther

The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

— Martin Luther

We are but the instruments or assistants, by whom God works.

— Martin Luther

We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.

— Martin Luther

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

— Martin Luther