“As long as we live there is never enough singing.”
Source: Luther's Works: Lectures on Isaiah
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Famous Martin Luther Quotes
Source: Table talk
Source: Early Protestant Educators: The Educational Writings of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Other Leaders of Protestant Thought
Source: Concerning Christian Liberty
“By faith we began, by hope we continue, and by revelation we shall obtain the whole.”
Source: A Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians: To which is Prefixed, The Life of the Author, and a Complete and Impartial History of the Times in which He Lived
“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior.”
“It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.”
“Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.”
“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”
“Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things that we do not see.”
Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther
“A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.”
“Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body.”
Source: Table talk
“Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.”
Source: Martin Luther's Easter Book
“A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon.”
“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”