Martin Luther quotes

“Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.”

— Martin Luther

“Nothing good ever comes of violence.”

— Martin Luther

“If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.”

— Martin Luther

“Forgiveness is God's command.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.”

— Martin Luther

“Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.”

— Martin Luther

“I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.”

— Martin Luther

“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.”

— Martin Luther

“When schools flourish, all flourishes.”

— Martin Luther

“If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.”

— Martin Luther

“I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.”

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

“War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.”

— Martin Luther

“If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.”

— Martin Luther

“Reason is the enemy of faith.”

— Martin Luther

“The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.”

— Martin Luther

“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.”

— Martin Luther

“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.”

— Martin Luther

“If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.”

— Martin Luther

“First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.”

— Martin Luther

“The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.”

— Martin Luther