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Martin Luther

28 quotes

Selected quotes · 28
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There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
Martin LutherFriendship
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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.
Martin LutherFaith
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Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
Martin LutherWisdom
04
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
Martin LutherCreativity
05
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 LutherCourage
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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 LutherJustice
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
Martin LutherJustice
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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Martin LutherNature
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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 LutherFaith
10
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
Martin LutherFaith
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
Martin LutherFaith
12
Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.
Martin LutherFaith
13
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Martin LutherFaith
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To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
Martin LutherFaith
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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 LutherNature
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Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
Martin LutherCreativity
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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 LutherFaith
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Forgiveness is God's command.
Martin LutherFaith
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Pray, and let God worry.
Martin LutherFaith
20
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Martin LutherHappiness
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Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.
Martin LutherFaith
22
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 LutherFaith
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
Martin LutherWisdom
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Sin is essentially a departure from God.
Martin LutherCreativity
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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 LutherCreativity
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
Martin LutherTime
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Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
Martin LutherWisdom
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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
Martin LutherFaith