Inspirational Quotes by Martin Luther
“because the haves of this world cannot quietly inherit what is coming to them; lest they be treated now as they once treated others, they must keep an eye on the have-nots. To keep a step ahead of the have-nots the haves must think and behave like have-nots. They certainly cannot afford justice to the have-nots, nor can they waste time or money on sympathy.”
“Licenció el antiguo ejército y creó uno nuevo; dejó las amistades viejas y se hizo de otras; y así, rodeado por soldados y amigos adictos, pudo construir sobre tales cimientos cuanto edificio quiso; y lo que tanto le había costado adquirir, poco le costó conservar.”
“as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.”
“all prudent princes ought to do, who have to regard not only present troubles, but also future ones, for which they must prepare with every energy, because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.”
“in the long run a ruler must avoid being hated by his people and must always put their interests before those of the aristocracy; the people are so many, Machiavelli reflected, that power ultimately lies with them.”
“that those men who at the commencement of a principality have been hostile, if they really need assistance to support themselves, can always be turned into supporters with the greatest ease. They will be tightly bound to serve the prince faithfully because they know it is very necessary for them through their actions to change the bad opinion which the prince had formed of them. Thus the prince always extracts more profit from them than from those who serving him in too much security, may neglect his affairs.”
“من همانا بر آنم که بیپروایی از پرواگری بهتر. چرا که بخت زن است و هر که خواهان اوست میباید به زور بر وی دست یابد. و میبینیم که وی خود را بیشتر به چنین مردانی وامیگذارد تا به آنانی که سرد پای پیش میگذارند. و نیز همچون زنان دوستار جوانان است که بیپرواترند و زورآورتر، و گستاختر بر او فرمان میرانند.”
topics: politics
“Y el primer juicio que nos formamos sobre la inteligencia de un señor nace de observar a los hombres que le rodean; y cuando son competentes y fieles se le puede considerar siempre sabio, porque ha sabido reconocer su competencia y mantenerlos fieles a él. Pero cuando son de otra manera siempre cabe hacerse de él un juicio que no sea bueno, porque con esa elección comete el primer error.”
“...the armor of others is too wide, or too strait for us; it falls off us, or it weighs is down.”
“so one has to be a prince to get to know the character of a people and a man of the people to know the character of a prince.”
“(es defecto común de los hombres no preocuparse por la tempestad durante la bonanza),”
“گرفتاریهای آینده را اگر پیشاپیش دریابند چارهکردنشان آسان است. امّا اگر بگذارند تا رخ نمایند، آنگاه هیچ دارویی کارگر نخواهد افتاد. زیرا که درد درمانناپذیر شده است. چنان که پزشکان در باب تب-لازم میگویند، در آغازِ بیماری درمان آسان است امّا بازشناختنش دشوار؛ و چون چندی گذشت و بیماری شناخته و درمان نشد، بازشناختنِ آن آسان است امّا درمان آن دشوار.”
topics: politics
“زمانه آبستن هزار چیز است و همان اندازه آبستنِ خیر که آبستنِ شر.”
topics: politics
“آرزومندی بهراستی چیزیست طبیعی و همگانی. و اگر کسی در آرزویی کامیاب شود در خورِ ستایش است نه نکوهش. امّا اگر کسی به آرزویی نتواند رسید و باز به هر بهایی آن را طلب کند، سزاوار نکوهش است.”
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“پرهیز از جنگ هرگز نمیباید مایۀ گسستن رشتۀ کارها شود. زیرا گریز از جنگ چه بسا واپس انداختنِ آن به سودِ حریف باشد.”
topics: politics
“not restricting themselves to dealing with present threats but using every means at their disposal to foresee and forestall future problems as well. Seen in advance, trouble is easily dealt with; wait until it’s on top of you and your reaction will come too late, the malaise is already irreversible.”
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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.