Martin Luther citations

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“Le chrétien est un homme libre, maître de toutes choses; il n'est soumis à personne.
Le chrétien est un serviteur plein d'obéissance, il se soumet à tous.”

“If Satan can turn God's Word upside down and pervert the Scriptures, what will he do with my words -- or the words of others?”

“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.”

“True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.”

“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.”

“You have as much laughter as you have faith.”

“Beer is made by men, wine by God.”

“There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.”

“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.”

“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say”

“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.”

“Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but--more frequently than not--struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.”

“There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.”

“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”

“A unjust law, is no law at all.”

“All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.”

“I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.”

“All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.”

“There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.”

“Peace if possible. Truth at all costs.”

“One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!”

“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”

“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”

“It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.”

“It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.”

“In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us…. More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children.”

“The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.”

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.”

“The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands”

“Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.”