Quotes from Martin Luther

Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake

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

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.

The law discovers the disease. The gospel gives the remedy.

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

Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes

There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.

God save me from my friends. I can protect myself from my enemies.

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.

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

So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: "I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!

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.