Quotes By Martin Luther

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

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.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

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.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

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

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

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.

If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.