Inspirational Quotes by Martin Luther
“And he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget.”
“ان الأعمال الصالحة قد تجلب الكراهية، كالاعمال الشريرة، ولذلك فإن الأمير الذي يريد أن يحافظ على ولايته أن يقترف بعض الشرور...وذلك لأنه إذا فسد طرف من الأطراف الثلاثة (الشعب، الجيش، النبلاء) كنت تعتبره ضرورياً من أجل المحافظة على مركزك، فيجب عليك أن تتبع هواه وترضيه، وهنا تؤذيك الأعمال الصالحة. و إذا تحدثاً عن الإسكندر الذي كان طيباً لدرجة أنهم أثنوا عليهم بقولهم إنه لم يعدم أحداً خلال الأربع عشرة سنة التي قضاها في الحكم دون إجراء محاكمة عادلة له. لكنه اعتبر مخنثاً وأنه أجاز لوالدته أن تسيطر عليه، وهكذا احتقره الناس وسقط في الهاوية، فتآمر عليه جشه وقتله.”
topics: سياسة
“In general you must either pamper people or destroy them; harm them just a little and they’ll hit back; harm them seriously and they won’t be able to. So if you’re going to do people harm, make sure you needn’t worry about their reaction.”
“I frankly confess that even if it were possible I should not wish to have free choice given to me, or to have anything left in my own hands by which I might strive for salvation.”
― Martin Luther ,
“And in examining their life and deeds it will be seen that they owed nothing to fortune but the opportunity which gave them matter to be shaped into the form that they thought fit; and without that opportunity their powers would have been wasted, and without their powers the opportunity would have come in vain.”
“I am much afraid that the universities will prove to be the great gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where the Scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which men are not unceasingly occupied with the Word of God must become corrupt.”
“It is not imitation that makes sons. It is sonship that make imitators.”
topics: adoption
“For this can be said of men in general: that they are ungrateful, fickle, hypocrites and dissemblers, avoiders of dangers, greedy for gain; and while you benefit them, they are entirely yours, offering you their blood, their goods, their life, their children,...when need is far away, but when you actually become needy, they turn away. (translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn)”
“Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts, minds and spirits. A person who does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs!”
topics: one-badass-god-lover
“Until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him”
topics: spirituality
“Any injury we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.”
“It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather.”
“if you wish to please me, and to bring success and honour to yourself, do right and study, because others will help you if you help yourself.”
“The Church of Rome ... has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the very kingdom of sin, death and hell; so that not even antichrist ,if he were to come, could devise any addition to its wickedness.”
― Martin Luther ,
from On Christian Liberty
topics: insults
“For, although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwill of the natives.”
topics: statecraft
“All we who believe on Christ are kings and priests in Christ.”
― Martin Luther ,
from On Christian Liberty
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Martin Luther changed the course of Western civilization by initiating the Protestant Reformation. As a priest and theology professor, he confronted indulgence salesmen with his 95 Theses in 1517. Luther strongly disputed their claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms meeting in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor.
Luther taught that salvation is a free gift of God and received only by grace through faith in Jesus as redeemer from sin, not from good works. His theology challenged the authority of the pope of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized Christians to be a holy priesthood.
His translation of the Bible into the language of the people (instead of Latin) made it more accessible, causing a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation into English of the King James Bible. His hymns inspired the development of singing in churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant priests to marry.