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• This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.

  Martin Luther

  Reason Why, Reason, Certain

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• I do not deny that medicine is a gift of God, nor do I refuse to acknowledge science in the skill of many physicians; but, take the best of them, how far are they from perfection? A sound regimen produces excellent effects. When I feel indisposed, by observing a strict diet and going to bed early, I generally manage to get round again, that is, if I can keep my mind tolerably at rest. I have no objection to the doctors acting upon certain theories, but, at the same time, they must not expect us to be the slaves of their fancies.

  Martin Luther

  Healing, Doctors, Skills

  Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.317

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• Yes, would to God that I could persuade the rich and the mighty that they would permit the whole Bible to be painted on houses, on the inside and the outside, so that all can see it. That would be a Christian work... If it is not a sin but good to have the image of Christ in my heart, why should it be a sin to have it in my eyes? This is especially true since the heart is more important than the eyes, and should be less stained by sin because it is the true abode and dwelling place of God.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Art, Eye

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• Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause.

  Martin Luther

  Fighting, Battle, Causes

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• But what will happen even if we do burn down the Jews synagogues and forbid them publicly to praise God, to pray, to teach, to utter God's name? They will still keep doing it in secret. If we know that they are doing this in secret, it is the same as if they were doing it publicly. for our knowledge of their secret doings and our toleration of them implies that they are not secret after all and thus our conscience is encumbered with it before God.

  Martin Luther

  Names, Secret, Praying

  Martin Luther “On the Jews & Their Lies”, Gottfried & Fritz

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• A penny saved is of more value than a penny paid out.

  Martin Luther

  Pennies, Saved, Paid

  "What Luther Says". Book by Martin Luther, Section on "Life, Human," No. 2438, 1959.

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• Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.

  Martin Luther

  Education, Attention, Done

  Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”

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• There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.

  Martin Luther

  Education, Book, Good Book

  Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia

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• Look to it that you do not try to do all of it, do not try to do too much, lest your spirit grow weary. Besides, a good prayer mustn't be too long. Do not draw it out. Prayer ought to be frequent and fervent.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Long, Trying

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• Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.

  Martin Luther

  Valentines Day, Love Is, Essence

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• Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto.

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  Prayer, Powerful, Tied

  Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.158

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• The heart of religion lies in its personal pronouns.

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  Art, Lying, Religion

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• That little bird has chosen his shelter. Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of worlds. Yet he is rocking himself to sleep without caring for tomorrow's lodging, calmly clinging to his little twig, and leaving God to think for him.

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  Stars, Sleep, Caring

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• I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did that for me, for no one can understand Holy Scripture without practice and temptations...I t is not by reading, writing, or speculation that one becomes a theologian. Nay, rather, it is living, dying, and being damned that makes one a theologian.

  Martin Luther

  Reading, Writing, Practice

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• Take away the Mass, destroy the Church.

  Martin Luther

  Church, Mass

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• They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did... If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs.

  Martin Luther

  Dog, Cutting, Mad

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• Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted.

  Martin Luther

  Believe, Son, Christianity

  Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”, Concordia

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• Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape.

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  Waiting, Shapes, Hebrew

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• I believe that the devil has destroyed many good books of the church, as, aforetime, he killed and crushed many holy persons, the memory of whom has now passed away; but the Bible he was fain to leave subsisting.

  Martin Luther

  Memories, Believe, Book

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.1

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• The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies. And he who will not suffer this does not want to be of the Kingdom of Christ; he wants to be among friends, to sit among roses and lilies, not with the bad people but the devout people. O you blasphemers and betrayers of Christ! If Christ had done what you are doing, who would ever have been spared?

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  People, Rose, Enemy

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• Unto him who is able to keep us from falling, and lift us from the dark to the bright mountain of hope, from the midnight of desperation to the daybreak of joy, to him be power and authority for ever and ever.

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  Hope, Fall, Dark

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• The irony is I stopped going to church a few weeks later.

  Martin Luther

  Church, Going To Church, Irony

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• I have so many things to do today, I dare not ignore my time with God.

  Martin Luther

  Today, Dare, Things To Do

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• A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, 4th Of July, Lord

  Martin Luther (2011). “Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing”, p.53, Anchor

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• This is the good and happy news, that Christ has paid for our sin, and through His suffering has redeemed us from eternal death. It is His kingdom and His ministry, to preach the Gospel to the poor; that is His purpose. For to the great and holy He cannot come. They do not wish to be counted sinners, and therefore do not need His Gospel.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Prayer, Suffering

  Martin Luther “Day by Day We Magnify You: Daily Readings for the Entire Year”, Augsburg Books

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