Art Quote by Martin Luther Download Open image “Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.” — Martin Luther ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Christ Idolatry Imagination Imagine Monarchy Religion Thinking Useless Vain
When we try to imagine what God is like we must of necessity use that-which-is-not- God as the raw material for our minds to work on; hence whatever we visualize God to be, He is not, for we have constructed our image out of that which He has made and what He has made is not God. If we insist… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share
If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not with hands but with thoughts; and an idol of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It begins in the mind and may be… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
Concepts create idols of God, of whom only wonder can tell us anything. — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Worship without wonder is lifeless and boring. Many have lost their sense of awe and amazement when it comes to God. Having begun with… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
To imagine the world without gods and religion is reasonable enough; to imagine mankind without them is an entirely different matter. — Anthony Marais Copy Share Image
He who does not imagine in stronger and better lineaments, and in stronger and better light than his perishing and mortal eye can see,… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Whatever a man imagines he can attain, if he doesn't become too arrogant and encroach on the rights of the gods. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is that. He dared to imagine everything. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are. When the Lord puts us in certain circumstances He doesn't mean for us… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it. — Stellan Skarsgard 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
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image