Those with prodigious skill in music are better suited for all things. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
After theology I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A person whodoes not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Music is to be praised as second only to the Word of God because by her all the emotions are swayed. That… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have always loved music; whoso has skill in this art, is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I am not of the opinion that all the arts shall be crushed to earth and perish through the Gospel, as some… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We can mention only one point (which experience confirms), namely, that next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Those who love music are gentle and honest in their tempers. I always loved music, and would not, for a great matter,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“A person who...does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and does not deserve to… — 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 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