Martin Luther
33 quotations
The devil is God's ape!
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.
Reason is the enemy of faith.
Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long.
Forgiveness is God's command.
Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, That is God.
If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor.
How soon not now, becomes never.
Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.
So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else.
A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
Teaching is of more importance than urging.
Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things.