All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself Martin Luther More Quotes by Martin Luther More Quotes From Martin Luther God freely forgives us on account of Christnot on account of our works, contrition, confession, or satisfactions. Martin Luther confessionforgivingsatisfaction Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry. Martin Luther loving-godgods-willdrink The devil is not only a liar, but also a murderer, he constantly seeks our life, and wreaks his anger whenever he can afflict our bodies with misfortune and harm. Hence it comes that he often breaks men's necks or drives them to insanity, drowns some, and incites many to commit suicide, and to many other terrible calamities. Therefore there is nothing for us to do upon earth but to pray against this arch enemy without ceasing. For unless God preserved us, we would not be safe from him even for an hour. Martin Luther suicidalsuicideliars Let him who wants a true church cling to the Word by which everything is upheld. Martin Luther churchchristianwant If Church history teaches us anything, it is that we cannot afford to be a vacillating Church. We minister to a people who are in great need of hearing truth, we dare not make any attempt to soft pedal that glorious truth. Martin Luther churchpeopleneeds It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God! Martin Luther christianbiblebook Great God, what do I see and hear! Martin Luther souljudgingclouds Let the man who would hear God speak, read Holy Scriptures. Martin Luther scripturespeakmen It is false that the will, left to itself, can do good as well as evil, for it is not free, but in bondage...On the side of man there is nothing that goes before grace, unless it be impotency and even rebellion. Martin Luther graceevilmen Rough, boisterous, stormy and altogether warlike, I am born to fight against innumerable monsters and devils. Martin Luther devilfightingmonsters We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old. Martin Luther strongdrinkingfood Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail. Martin Luther resurrection-of-jesus-christdogtails A man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ. Martin Luther gracemenorder If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can befall the gospel than that the world should fight it with force and cunning. Martin Luther fightingsilencewise For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven. Martin Luther faithdoeheaven 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. Martin Luther faithfuldoganimal I greatly fear that the universities, unless they teach the Holy Scriptures diligently and impress them on the young students, are wide gates to hell. Martin Luther scripturehellstudents God is ready to give more quickly, and to give more than you ask; yea, he offers his treasures if we only take them. It is truly a great shame and a severe chastisement for us Christians that God should still upbraid us for our slothfulness in prayer, and that we fail to let such a rich and excellent promise incite us to pray. Martin Luther prayerchristiangiving Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto. Martin Luther tiedpowerfulprayer But the power of God cannot be so determined and measured, for it is uncircumscribed and immeasurable, beyond and above all that is or may be. On the other hand, it must be essentially present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf. Martin Luther leafsevolutiontree
