“The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.”
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Famous Martin Luther Quotes
“To pray well is the better half of study.”
Source: Luther's Table-talk
“Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.”
Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say”
“It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.”
“Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?”
Source: Lectures on Romans
“A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.”
“Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a begging.”
Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt
“It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience.”
Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself
“The word and works of God is quite clear, that women were made either to be wives or prostitutes.”
“Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.”
“Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.”
Source: What Luther says: an anthology
“Christian life consists of faith and charity”
Source: The Life of Luther Written by Himself
Source: The Christian in society
“Blessed is he who submits to the will of God; he can never be unhappy.”
“Medicine makes people ill, mathematics make them sad and theology makes them sinful.”
Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther
Source: Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings
Source: Sermons of Martin Luther: The House Postils
“I should have no compassion on these witches; I should burn them all.”