Quotes from Martin Luther

God save me from my friends. I can protect myself from my enemies.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

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

Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side and it tumbles over on the other.

So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: "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!

It makes a difference whose ox is gored.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but—more frequently than not—struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

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

Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body.

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

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.… Thus is the Devil ever God's ape.

The hair is the richest ornament of women.

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.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

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

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Forgiveness is God's command.

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.

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

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?

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

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

A mighty fortress is our God,A bulwark never failing.Our helper He amid the floodOf mortal ills prevailing.

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.