Quotes from Martin Luther

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

If it were an art to overcome heresy with fire, the executioners would be the most learned doctors on earth.

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

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.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

If I had heard that as many devils would set on me in Worms as there are tiles on the roofs, I should nonetheless have ridden there.

A man cannot do good before he is made good.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith in him is unless he knew where his believers are

Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.

At night always carry in your heart something from Holy Scriptures to bed with you, meditate upon it like a ruminant animal, and go softly to sleep; but this must not be too much, rather a little that may be well pondered and understood, that you may find a remnant of it in your mind when you rise in the morning.

Be a sinner and sin mightily, but more mightily believe and rejoice in Christ.

Christ is the Master the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic though Judas, Ananias, Pilate or Herod were its author.

Christ will remain a priest and king though He was never consecrated by any papist bishop or greased by any of those shavelings but he was ordained and consecrated by God Himself, and by Him anointed.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressor

Here stand I. I can do no other.

Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now; I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, I've. Seen the promised Land.... So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried a out anything, I'm not fearing any man

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.

Men are not made religious by performing certain actions which are externally good, but they must first have righteous principles, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than that sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity

Now the church is not wood and stone, but the company of people who believe in Christ.

Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church it is a goodly Christian weapon.