Happy Birthday Martin Luther!

Der Glaube bringt den Menschen zu Gott, die Liebe bringt ihn zu den Menschen.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

Es ist keiner so geschwind, der nicht seinen Meister findt’.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Friede gilt mehr denn alles Recht, und Friede ist nicht um des Rechtes willen, sondern Recht um des Friedens willen gemacht. Darum, wenn ja eines weichen muß, so soll das Recht dem Frieden und nicht der Friede dem Rechte weichen.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

Worauf du nur dein Herz hängst und verlässest, das ist eigentlich dein Gott.

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

Glück betört mehr Leute als Unglück.

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.

Der Glaube ist der Anfang aller guten Werke.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

Hier kann nicht sein ein böser Mut, wo da singen Gesellen gut.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Musik ist ein reines Geschenk und eine Gabe Gottes, sie vertreibt den Teufel, sie macht die Leute fröhlich und man vergißt über sie alle Laster.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Die Arznei macht kranke, die Mathematik traurige, die Theologie sündhafte Menschen.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

Gottes Wort ist ein Blümelein, das heißt: Je länger, je lieber. Wer das einmal recht ergreift, der gewinnt es so lieb, daß er's immer je mehr und mehr begehrt.

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

Die Begierde ist nach der Erfüllung der Wünsche ebenso ungestillt, wie sie es vorher war.

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.

Gleichwie ein allzu strenges Recht das größte Unrecht, also eitel Gnade die größte Ungnade.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

Die Liebe allein ist eine Tugend und schafft alle anderen Tugenden.

First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf.

Anstrengungen machen gesund und stark.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Ein williges Pferd soll man nicht zuviel reiten.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

Einem zu enge, dreien zu weit, zweien gerecht.

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.

Eine Lüge ist wie ein Schneeball: je länger man ihn wälzt, desto größer wird er.

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.

Das Recht ist ein zeitlich Ding, das zuletzt aufhören muß, aber das Gewissen ist ein ewig Ding, das nimmermehr stirbt.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

Eines guten Redners Amt oder Zeichen ist, daß er aufhöre, wenn man ihn am liebsten höret.

People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

Kein Irrtum ist so groß, der nicht seinen Zuhörer hat.

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.

Jugend ist wie Most. Der läßt sich nicht halten. Er muß vergären und überlaufen.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

Nichts wird langsamer vergessen als eine Beleidigung und nichts eher als eine Wohltat.

I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

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

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

Pray, and let God worry.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.

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

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

Forgiveness is God's command.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

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.