Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
War is a plague it destroys states it destroys religion it destroys families — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women. All human laws should encourage the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Exhort your household to learn [the Ten Commandments] word for word, that they should obey God…For if you teach and urge your… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Daily there have to be many troubles and trials in every house, city, and country. No station in life is free of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle but to procreate and bring up children, to support… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means, to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The highest gift and favor of God is a pious, kind, godly, and domestic wife, with whom thou mayest live peaceably, and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and to be idle, but to procreate and bring up children, to support… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Although it is very easy to marry a wife, it is very difficult to support her along with the children and the household. Accordingly, no one notices this faith of Jacob. Indeed, many hate fertility in a wife for the sole reason that the offspring must be supported and brought up. For this is what they commonly say: ‘Why should… — Martin Luther Copy Share
“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification is acquired by works. Faith redeems, corrects, and preserves our consciences so that we know that righteousness does not consist in works, although works neither can nor ought to be wanting; just as we cannot be… — Martin Luther Copy Share
The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image