"Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly."
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Martin Luther
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Quotes by Martin Luther
"Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly."
"You have as much laughter as you have faith."
"Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world."
"I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen."
"Reason is a whore, 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."
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
"Everything that is done in this world is done by hope."
"The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn."
"We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone."
"Everything that is done in this world is done by hope."
"All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word."
"We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone."
"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."
"My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary."
"I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen."
"They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet."
"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."
"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."