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“In his life Christ is an example showing
us how to live in his death he is a sacrifice satisfying our sins in his resurrection a conqueror in his ascension a king in his intercession a high priest.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

As reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 186; and in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: Here I stand; I can do no other.
Source: Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

“Every book is a great action and every great action is a book!”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Source: On Christian Liberty

“Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me."… He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Source: The Bondage of the Will

“Be thou comforted, little dog; thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther

“You cannot keep birds from flying over your head
but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“Pestis eram vivus… moriens tua mors ero - "Living, I was your plague… dying, I shall be your death.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“Pray, and let God worry.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Source: Commentary on Galatians

“No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“No great saint lived without errors.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther

“As long as we live there is never enough singing.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

“He who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

Variant: He who loves not Wine, Women and Song
Remains a fool his whole life long

“The fewer the words, the better the prayer.”

Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation