Martin Luther Quotes

"Every great book is an action, and every great action is a book."

"Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!"

"No gown worse becomes a woman than the desire to be wise"

"The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth"

"Who loves not wine, women and song, Remains a fool his whole life long"

"If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there"

"The fewer the words, the better the prayer."

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess"

"Forgiveness is God's command."

"There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage."

"Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated."

"I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us."

"You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say"

"Their blindness and arrogance are as solid as an iron mountain"

"No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him."

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired."

"Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads"

"If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old"

"There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow."

"All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask. Yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask."