“what is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“One thing, and one alone, is necessary for life, justification, and Christian liberty; and that is the most holy word of God,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“I cannot bear with laws for the interpretation of the word of God, since the word of God, which teaches liberty in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Now I know from this very word and deed of yours what free choice is and is capable of, namely, madness.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The will of man without the grace of God is not free at all, but is the permanent prisoner and bondslave of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Man is man because he is free to operate within a framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Although the Christian is thus free from all works, he ought in this liberty to empty himself, take upon himself the form… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If anywhere the day is made holy for the mere day's sake - if anyone set up its observance on a Jewish… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A Christian has no need of any law in order to be saved, since through faith we are free from every law.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“You see then, that Diatribe truly possesses a free choice in her handling of Scriptures, so that words of one and the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, in the presence of tyrants and obstinate opposers, use your liberty in their despite, and with the utmost… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Therefore I permit every man to hold either of these opinions, as he chooses. My one concern at present is to remove… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Thus, though we ought boldly to resist those teachers of tradition, and though the laws of the pontiffs, by which they make… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“There are some who are still weak in faith, who ought to be instructed, and who would gladly believe as we do.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The will of man without grace is not free, but is enslaved, and that too with its own consent. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“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… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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
