Martin Luther quotes - page 12

I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us. (Martin Luther)
Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel. View quote
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I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands And thousands of years. View quote
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Christ is the Master the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author. View quote
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Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor. View quote
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No gown worse becomes a woman than the desire to be wise. View quote
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The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing. View quote
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An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects. View quote
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I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly. View quote
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He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher. View quote
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Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people. (Martin Luther)
Christians are rare people on earth. View quote
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It is the most ungodly and dangerous business to abandon the certain and revealed will of God in order to search into the hidden mysteries of God. View quote
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If by any effort of reason I could conceive how God, Who shows so much anger and iniquity, could be merciful and just, there would be no need of faith. View quote
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When I was a child there were many witches, and they bewitched both cattle and men, especially children. View quote
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There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy Ghost, and he himself a prophet. View quote
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How often have not the demons called 'Nix,' drawn women and girls into the water, and there had commerce with them, with fearful consequences. View quote
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Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already. View quote
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Therefore we Christians, in turn, are obliged not to tolerate their wanton and conscious blasphemy. View quote
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He who hears this name (God) from a Jew must inform the authorities, or else throw sow dung at him when he sees him and chase him away. View quote
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No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him. (Martin Luther)
I should have no compassion on these witches I should burn them all. View quote
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I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him. View quote
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I maintain that some Jew wrote it (the Book of James) who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any. View quote
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Mankind has a free will but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more. View quote
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