More Quotes by Martin Luther
I am much afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where the scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which means are not unceasingly occupied with the Word of God must be corrupt.
We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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?
Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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.
No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
