Martin LutherThinkers

Anger is inspiring and beneficial for work, for it sharpens the understanding and pushes aside mundane vexations and temptations.

Beer is made by men, wine by God.

Faith is not a human dream or illusion. Faith is God's work within us, It transmutes us and makes for our rebirth in God, making us different, recreating our heart, courage, understanding, and all other forces, and it carries with it the holy spirit.

The Gospel is not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

The Heart is like a millstone in a mill: when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruises the wheat to flour... if you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then 'tis itself it grinds and wears away.

Hope is at the base of everything that is done in the world.

Humility cannot know that it is humble, for if it did, it would become proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end... but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

A Lie is like a snowball... the longer it is rolled, the larger it is.

Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy: for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrow, and the fascination of evil thoughts.

Music is the art of the prophets, the only art that can calm the agitations of the soul ; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.