Martin Luther

It is pleasing to God whenever thou rejoices or laughest from the bottom of thy heart

I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.

No, one should toss out these lazy rogues by the seat of their pants

Everything done in the world is done by hope.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else.

How soon not now, becomes never.

Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.

You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, ''That is God.''

In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

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 are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.

War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

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

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

When schools flourish, all flourishes.

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.

Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

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

Every man must do two things alone he must do his own believing and his own dying.