Martin Luther

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

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

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

“The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.”

“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.”

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

“Reason is the enemy of faith.”

“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.”

“When schools flourish, all flourishes.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.”

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

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

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