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Martin Luther quotes: I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.
Martin Luther quotes: A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular. A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular.
Martin Luther quotes: If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in darkness. If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in darkness.
Martin Luther quotes: For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel. For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
Martin Luther quotes: I have so much to do today that I must set apart more time than usual to pray. I have so much to do today that I must set apart more time than usual to pray.
Martin Luther quotes: Lord God ... use me as Your instrument but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all. Lord God ... use me as Your instrument
but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.
Martin Luther quotes: I have to hurry all day to get time to pray. I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.
Martin Luther quotes: God himself will milk the cows through him whose vocation that is. God himself will milk the cows through him whose vocation that is.
Martin Luther quotes: Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father's heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes. Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father's heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
Martin Luther quotes: What do we older folks live for if not for the care of the young, to teach and train them? What do we older folks live for if not for the care of the young, to teach and train them?
Martin Luther quotes: Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry. Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.
Martin Luther quotes: Of whom shall I be afraid? One with God is a majority. Of whom shall I be afraid? One with God is a majority.
Martin Luther quotes: Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful. Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful.
Martin Luther quotes: We should give heed to what has been said by the heathen poet: "Do not yield to evils but proceed more boldly against them."15 We should give heed to what has been said by the heathen poet: "Do not yield to evils but proceed more boldly against them."15
Martin Luther quotes: The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth. The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth.
Martin Luther quotes: In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat. In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.
Martin Luther quotes: What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness? What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness?
Martin Luther quotes: Adam was created, as it were, intoxicated with rejoicing toward God and was delighted also with all the other creatures. Adam was created, as it were, intoxicated with rejoicing toward God and was delighted also with all the other creatures.
Martin Luther quotes: Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves? Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?
Martin Luther quotes: For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more. For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more.
Martin Luther quotes: Godly people are waiting for the Lord; therefore they live, therefore they are saved, therefore they receive what has been promised. Godly people are waiting for the Lord; therefore they live, therefore they are saved, therefore they receive what has been promised.
Martin Luther quotes: Church and State are both rent, by the tugging of the demonic and the Divine Church and State are both rent, by the tugging of the demonic and the Divine
Martin Luther quotes: This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God. This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God.
Martin Luther quotes: Faith is Individual Faith is Individual
Martin Luther quotes: Thus God's work and His eyes are in the depths, but man's only in the height. Thus God's work and His eyes are in the depths, but man's only in the height.
Martin Luther quotes: Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells. Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.
Martin Luther quotes: The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else. The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
Martin Luther quotes: With such and the like fopperies were petty brains troubled. With such and the like fopperies were petty brains troubled.
Martin Luther quotes: The cross alone is our theology. The cross alone is our theology.
Martin Luther quotes: The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns. The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.
Martin Luther quotes: Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging. Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging.
Martin Luther quotes: Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already. Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already.
Martin Luther quotes: Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace. Without armaments peace cannot be kept; wars are waged not only to repel injustice but also to establish a firm peace.
Martin Luther quotes: The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin. The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.
Martin Luther quotes: For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28
Martin Luther quotes: [The Psalms are] a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended. [The Psalms are] a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended.
Martin Luther quotes: I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove, as the priest in Kulenberg did. I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove, as the priest in Kulenberg did.
Martin Luther quotes: An angel is a spiritual being, created by god without a body, for the service of Christendom. An angel is a spiritual being, created by god without a body, for the service of Christendom.
Martin Luther quotes: Nothing in the world causes so much misery as uncertainty. Nothing in the world causes so much misery as uncertainty.
Martin Luther quotes: I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain. I must remain a child and pupil of the Catechism, and am glad so to remain.
Martin Luther quotes: Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge. Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge.
Martin Luther quotes: Blessed is he who submits to the will of God; he can never be unhappy. Blessed is he who submits to the will of God; he can never be unhappy.
Martin Luther quotes: The curses of the ungodly are more pleasing to God's ears than the hallelujahs of the pious The curses of the ungodly are more pleasing to God's ears than the hallelujahs of the pious
Martin Luther quotes: I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years. I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.
Martin Luther quotes: I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.
Martin Luther quotes: We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.
Martin Luther quotes: The body they may kill: God's truth abideth still, His Kingdom is forever. The body they may kill:
God's truth abideth still,
His Kingdom is forever.
Martin Luther quotes: The Devil ... clutched hold of the miserable young man ... and flew off with him through the ceiling, since which time nothing has been heard of him. The Devil ... clutched hold of the miserable young man ... and flew off with him through the ceiling, since which time nothing has been heard of him.
Martin Luther quotes: Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel. Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel.
Martin Luther quotes: In the third section, you proceed to turn us into modest and peace-loving Epicureans. In the third section, you proceed to turn us into modest and peace-loving Epicureans.
Martin Luther quotes: Christians are rare people on earth. Christians are rare people on earth.
Martin Luther quotes: We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone. We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
Martin Luther quotes: Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools. Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools.
Martin Luther quotes: The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith. The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith.
Martin Luther quotes: Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart. Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.
Martin Luther quotes: It would be a good thing if young people were wise and old people were strong, but God has arranged things better. It would be a good thing if young people were wise and old people were strong, but God has arranged things better.
Martin Luther quotes: His righteousness rises above the sins of all men; His life is more powerful than all death; His salvation is more unconquerable than all hell. His righteousness rises above the sins of all men; His life is more powerful than all death; His salvation is more unconquerable than all hell.
Martin Luther quotes: War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.
Martin Luther quotes: Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works. Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works.
Martin Luther quotes: If you consider this subject unnecessary for Christians, then please quit the field; you and I have nothing in common, for I consider it vital. If you consider this subject unnecessary for Christians, then please quit the field; you and I have nothing in common, for I consider it vital.
Martin Luther quotes: The world bears the Gospel a grudge because the Gospel condemns the religious wisdom of the world. The world bears the Gospel a grudge because the Gospel condemns the religious wisdom of the world.
Martin Luther quotes: The best commendation of any work is to know that one has done the work that God has given him well and that God is pleased with his effort. The best commendation of any work is to know that one has done the work that God has given him well and that God is pleased with his effort.
Martin Luther quotes: Whenever you are being praised, remember it is not you who is being praised but Christ, to whom all praise belongs. Whenever you are being praised, remember it is not you who is being praised but Christ, to whom all praise belongs.
Martin Luther quotes: May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope. May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.
Martin Luther quotes: No great saint lived without errors. No great saint lived without errors.
Martin Luther quotes: This new subterfuge is, of course, calculated to deceive the simple and innocent into thinking that the matter is settled. This new subterfuge is, of course, calculated to deceive the simple and innocent into thinking that the matter is settled.
Martin Luther quotes: The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason. The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.
Martin Luther quotes: Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason. Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason.
Martin Luther quotes: Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object. Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object.
Martin Luther quotes: What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross? What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross?
Martin Luther quotes: Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning. Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
Martin Luther quotes: He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
Martin Luther quotes: Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God. Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
Martin Luther quotes: In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible. In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.
Martin Luther quotes: Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God. Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
Martin Luther quotes: The very simple meaning of what Moses says, therefore, is this: everything that is, was created by God. The very simple meaning of what Moses says, therefore, is this: everything that is, was created by God.
Martin Luther quotes: Nothing good ever comes of violence. Nothing good ever comes of violence.
Martin Luther quotes: It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience. It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.
Martin Luther quotes: A lie is like a snow-ball; the longer it is rolled, the larger it is. A lie is like a snow-ball; the longer it is rolled, the larger it is.
Martin Luther quotes: Faith ever says, "If Thou wilt," not "If Thou canst. Faith ever says, "If Thou wilt," not "If Thou canst.
Martin Luther quotes: Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side. Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side.
Martin Luther quotes: We must pray and do our daily work, but everything we do must flow from faith. We must pray and do our daily work, but everything we do must flow from faith.
Martin Luther quotes: Blood alone moves the wheels of history Blood alone moves the wheels of history
Martin Luther quotes: When I am angry I can pray well and preach well. When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.
Martin Luther quotes: Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel. Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.
Martin Luther quotes: The organ in the worship service is a sign of Baal. The organ in the worship service is a sign of Baal.
Martin Luther quotes: They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet. They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.
Martin Luther quotes: My father and mother did not think they should have brought a superintendent into the world. My father and mother did not think they should have brought a superintendent into the world.
Martin Luther quotes: Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other
Martin Luther quotes: If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder. If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.
Martin Luther quotes: Many demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt ... people. Many demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt ... people.
Martin Luther quotes: If I go back home to Wittenberg, I'll lie down in a coffin and give the maggots a fat doctor to eat. If I go back home to Wittenberg, I'll lie down in a coffin and give the maggots a fat doctor to eat.
Martin Luther quotes: We find no rest for our weary bones unless we cling to the word of grace. We find no rest for our weary bones unless we cling to the word of grace.
Martin Luther quotes: Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word. Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.
Martin Luther quotes: They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses? They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
Martin Luther quotes: Our whole life should be manly; we should fear God and put our trust in him. Our whole life should be manly; we should fear God and put our trust in him.
Martin Luther quotes: God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers - not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful. God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers - not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
Martin Luther quotes: I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any. I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any.
Martin Luther quotes: Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
Martin Luther quotes: Despair makes priests and friars. Despair makes priests and friars.

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