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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.

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“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”

— Martin Luther

Art

All Quotes by Martin Luther

“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.”

— Martin Luther

Alone

“I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.”

— Martin Luther

God

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

— Martin Luther

Inspirational

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

— Martin Luther

Alone

“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.”

— Martin Luther

God

“Reason is the enemy of faith.”

— 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

“Pray, and let God worry.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

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

— Martin Luther

Home

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

— Martin Luther

Hope

“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?”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“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

“Forgiveness is God's command.”

— Martin Luther

Forgiveness

“Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.”

— Martin Luther

Faith

“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

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

— Martin Luther

Music

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

— Martin Luther

God

“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

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

— Martin Luther

Good