Martin Luther quotes

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

— Martin Luther

“Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“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.”

— Martin Luther

“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”

— Martin Luther

“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”

— Martin Luther

“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.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.”

— Martin Luther

“I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.”

— Martin Luther

“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.”

— Martin Luther

“I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.”

— Martin Luther

“Pray, and let God worry.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.”

— Martin Luther

“Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.”

— Martin Luther

“For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.”

— Martin Luther

“I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.”

— Martin Luther

“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“Peace if possible, truth at all costs.”

— Martin Luther

“To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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