Quotes from Martin Luther

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.

God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.

A man cannot do good before he is made good.

The slender capacity of man's heart cannot comprehend the unfathomable depth and burning zeal of God's love toward us.

The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing.

The will of man without grace is not free, but is enslaved, and that too with its own consent.

Let a man be endowed with ten virtues and have but one fault and the one fault will eclipse and darken all the virtues.

A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.

God uses lust to impel men to marry, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.

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

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?

God works by contraries so that a man feels himself to be lost in the very moment when he is on the point of being saved.

A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.

Beer is made by men, wine by God.

Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scriptures.

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.

If men only believe enough in Christ they can commit adultery and murder a thousand times a day without periling their salvation.

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.

If a man serves not God only, then surely he serves the devil.

I put the Scriptures above all the sayings of the fathers, angels, men and devils. Here I take my stand.

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise.

Women should remain at home, sit still, and bear children.