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Martin Luther

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Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a German theologian and religious reformer who sparked the Protestant Reformation by challenging the practices of the Catholic Church. His Ninety-Five Theses, posted in 1517, and his translation of the Bible into German transformed Christianity and helped shape the modern world.

“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.”

— Martin Luther

Men

All Quotes by Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

Great

“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.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“Forgiveness is God's command.”

— Martin Luther

Forgiveness

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

— Martin Luther

God

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

— Martin Luther

Good

“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“Reason is the enemy of faith.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“Pray, and let God worry.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.”

— Martin Luther

God

“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.”

— Martin Luther

God

“Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.”

— Martin Luther

Alone

“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.”

— Martin Luther

Alone

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

— Martin Luther

Alone

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

— Martin Luther

Religion

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

— Martin Luther

Peace

“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.”

— Martin Luther

Nature

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

— Martin Luther

Faith

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.”

— Martin Luther

God