The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone...How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name?

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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

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Pray, and let God worry.

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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you

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The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character.

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God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.

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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

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God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.

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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.

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