1483-1546, German Leader of the Protestant Reformation
Superstition, idolatry and hypocrisy have ample wages, but the truth goes begging.
Martin Luther – [Truth]
Teaching is of more importance than urging.
Martin Luther – [Teachers and Teaching]
The Devil beget darkness; darkness beget ignorance; ignorance beget error and his brethren; error beget free-will and presumption; free-will beget works; works beget forgetfulness of God; forgetfulness beget transgression; transgression beget superstition; superstition beget satisfaction; satisfaction beget the mass-offering; the mass-offering beget the priest; the priest beget unbelief; unbelief beget hypocrisy; hypocrisy beget traffic in offerings for gain; traffic in offerings for gain beget Purgatory; Purgatory beget the annual solemn vigils; the annual vigils beget church-livings; church-livings beget avarice; avarice beget swelling superfluity; swelling superfluity beget fulness; fulness beget rage; rage beget license; license beget empire and domination; domination beget pomp; pomp beget ambition; ambition beget simony; simony beget the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity.
Martin Luther – [Consequences]
The devil is God's ape!
Martin Luther – [Devil]
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
Martin Luther – [Brevity]
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
Martin Luther – [God]
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
Martin Luther – [Hair]
The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
Martin Luther – [Indecision]
The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
Martin Luther – [Money]
The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.
Martin Luther – [Books and Reading]
There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.
Martin Luther – [Marriage]
There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.
Martin Luther – [Wisdom]
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Martin Luther – [Devotions]
To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
Martin Luther – [Friends and Friendship]
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.
Martin Luther – [Anger]
Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel.
Martin Luther – [Churches]
Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things.
Martin Luther – [Temperament]
Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long.
Martin Luther – [Fools and Foolishness]
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
Martin Luther – [Faith]
You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, ''That is God.''
Martin Luther – [Jesus Christ]
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