Martin Luther Quotes

1483-1546, German Leader of the Protestant Reformation
quotes
60
topics
12
Origin
What do these mean?
Topic
“The devil is God's ape!”
Devil
“Forgiveness is God's command.”
Forgiveness
“Reason is the enemy of faith.”
Faith
“How soon not now, becomes never.”
Procrastination
“Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.”
Truth
“The hair is the richest ornament of women.”
Hair
“The fewer the words, the better the prayer.”
Brevity
“Everything done in the world is done by hope.”
World
“When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.”
Anger
“Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!”
DisputedNo reliable early source found for Martin Luther. · evidenceCourage
“Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel.”
Churches
“The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.”
God
“Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.”
Reason
“Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor.”
Music
“You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, ''That is God.''”
Jesus Christ
“If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.”
Laughter
“Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.”
Faith
“Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long.”
Fools and Foolishness
“A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.”
Servants
“The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.”
Money
“Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.”
Faith
“Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.”
VerifiedTable Talk (1569) · evidenceTruth
“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.”
Death and Dying
“Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things.”
Temperament
“The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.”
Books and Reading
“Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.”
Freedom
“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”
Devotions