Martin Luther

We should die relying on grace alone

There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment

Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise.

Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted.

There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.

The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice.

When I was abandoned by everybody, in my greatest weakness, trembling and afraid of death, when I was persecuted by this wicked world, then I often felt most surely the divine power in this name, Jesus Christ... So, by God's grace, I will live and die for that name.

I [i.e., God] have given you baptism as a gift for the forgiveness of sins, and preach to you unceasingly by word of mouth concerning this treasure, sealing it with the Sacrament of my body and blood, so that you need never doubt. True, it seems little and insignificant that by the washing of water, the Word, and the Sacrament this should all be effected. But don't let your eyes deceive you.

The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the new birth-the birth of water and the Spirit. Thus all Christians must became priests, children of God and co-heirs with Christ the Most High Priest.

Reason should be destroyed in all Christians.

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.

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.

Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.