Quotes from Martin Luther

Antichrist is the pope and the Turk [Muslim] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul of Antichrist is the pope, his flesh or body the Turk.

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.

All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

Faith is the 'yes' of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one's life.

One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ.

Wer nicht liebt Wein,Weib und Gesang, Der bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang. Who loves not woman, wine and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

Though in midst of life we be Snares of death surround us.

Holy Christendom has, in my judgment, no better teacher after the apostles than St. Augustine.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown.

I pray that God would open the mouth in me and the heart in you and that he would be the teacher in the midst of us who may in us speak and hear.

I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

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.

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

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

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

Unthankfulness is theft.

Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I'll show you his god.

People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching the gospel at all.

The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles.

There are three conversions necessary (for the Christian life): the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse.

The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death.