Martin Luther Quotes And Sayings

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Here is a collection of Martin Luther quotes and sayings. Martin Luther was a German monk, Catholic priest, and professor of theology who was a key figure in the 16th century Protestant Reformation.

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.”
– Martin Luther

“A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.”
– Martin Luther

“A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing, Our helper he amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing.”
– Martin Luther

“A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply, roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.”
– Martin Luther

“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.”
– Martin Luther

“Allegories are fine ornaments and good illustrations, but not proof.”
– Martin Luther

“An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.”
– Martin Luther

“An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.”
– Martin Luther

“Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.”
– Martin Luther

“Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?”
– Martin Luther

“Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.”
– Martin Luther

“Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in the resurrection shall have a little golden tail.”
– Martin Luther

“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.”
– Martin Luther

“Before I translated the New Testament out of the Greek, all longed after it; when it was done, their longing lasted scarce four weeks. Then they desired the books of Moses; when I had translated these, they had enough thereof in a short time. After that, they would have the Psalms; of these they were soon weary, and desired other books. So it will be with the book of Ecclesiastes, which they now long for, and about which I have taken great pains. All is acceptable until our giddy brains be satisfied; afterwards we let familiar things lie, and seek after new.”
– Martin Luther

“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.”
– Martin Luther

“Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.”
– Martin Luther

“Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world as well as the Father‘s wrath on his shoulders, and he has drowned them both in himself so that we are thereby reconciled to God and become completely righteous.”
– Martin Luther

“Christian life consists in faith and charity.”
– Martin Luther

“Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.”
– Martin Luther

“Earth has nothing more tender than a woman’s heart when it is the abode of piety.”
– Martin Luther

“Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.”
– Martin Luther

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
– Martin Luther

“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.”
– Martin Luther

“Every thing that is done in the world is done by hope.”
– Martin Luther

“Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.”
– Martin Luther

“Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.”
– Martin Luther

“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.”
– Martin Luther

“Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.”
– Martin Luther

“Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.”
– Martin Luther

“Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.”
– Martin Luther

“Farewell unhappy, hopeless, blasphemous Rome! The Wrath of God has come upon you, as you deserve. We cared for Babylon, and she is not healed; let us then leave her, that she may become the habitation of dragons, spectres, and witches.”
– Martin Luther

“First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.”
– Martin Luther

“For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven.”
– Martin Luther

“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.”
– Martin Luther

“For truth and duty it is ever the fitting time; who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.”
– Martin Luther

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