More Quotes by Martin Luther
Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.
Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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.
Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you
A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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.
I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.
We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
