When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree." — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“We rightly confess, in our articles of belief, that there is a holy church; for it is invisible, dwelling in a place… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
No one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
It is cheering to note that [Martin] Luther (1524) did not see why schools should not be fun as well: "Now since… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Therefore the words in Psalm 72:7: "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Love is not only pure joy, and delight, but also great and deep heaviness of heart and sorrow. But love too is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“As we see from the Scriptures, it had become a common and proverbial expression that if someone wanted to refer to a… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Virtually the whole of the scriptures and the understanding of the whole of theology—the entire Christian life, even—depends upon the true understanding… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“With reference to the elect we might distinguish between three classes. First, there are those who are satisfied with God’s will, as… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Well, there is nothing we can do about it. We have to put up with these snakes, dogs, and swine surrounding us… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“These words [of Romans 12:1-2] are overflowingly rich in consolation; for just then when afflictions come over us, we should be of… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“It is not our work, but God's gift, that we now hate ourselves and our sinful lusts and follow after love.” — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Someone asked Luther, "Do you feel that you've been forgiven?" He answered, "No, but I'm as sure As there's a God in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Should anyone knock at my heart and say, 'Who lives here?' I should reply, 'Not Martin Luther, but the Lord Jesus Christ.' — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Hence, when we ask anything of God and He begins to hear us, He so often goes counter to our petitions that… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“At these words I was utterly stupefied and terror-stricken. I thought to myself, “With what tongue shall I address such majesty, seeing… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“[Re: Rom 10:2] It is commonly said: “The intention is good, and the purpose is true, but the means are misused.” The… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“But what, then, is original sin? According to the Apostle it is not only the lack of a good quality in the… — 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