Quotes from Martin Luther

The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.

Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the way of the Sacramentarians, nor sat in the seat of the Zwinglians, nor followed the Council of the Zurichers.

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.

They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

A Christian is free and independent in every respect, a bond servant to none. A Christian is a dutiful servant in every respect, owing a duty to everyone.

Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge.

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

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

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.

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.

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

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

All of a Christian's life is one of repentance.

Christian life consists of faith and charity

When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, 'Repent,' he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.

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?

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

Grace was not given to heal the spiritually sick but to decorate spiritual heroes!

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body, for the service of Christendom and of the church.

Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all the earth.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things.

The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right. Next to faith this is the highest art - to be content with the calling in which God has placed you.