Quotes from Martin Luther

Music is the 5th gospel.

Those who love music are gentle and honest in their tempers. I always loved music, and would not, for a great matter, be without the little skill which I possess in the art.

After theology I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.

The devil won't stay where there is music.

The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.

It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist.

Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.

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

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

To have peace and love in marriage is a gift which is next to the knowledge of the Gospel.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.

I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!

This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.

Every evening brings us nearer God.

What man, if he were God, would humble himself to lie in the feedbox of a donkey or to hang upon a cross?

When God works in us, the will, being changed and sweetly breathed upon by the Spirit of God, desires and acts, not from compulsion, but responsively.

My conscience is captive to the Word of God

We are but the instruments or assistants, by whom God works.

It would be a good thing if young people were wise and old people were strong, but God has arranged things better.

Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills.

The devil is God's ape!

You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, That is God.