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“It's some kind of Elvish.I can't read it.”
― Tolkien, J.R.R.

“I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.”
― Martin Luther

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

“I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.”
― Martin Luther

“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say”
― Martin Luther

“A person who...does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God, must be a clodhopper indeed and 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."

[Foreward to Georg Rhau's (1488-1548) Collection Symphoniae iucundae, 1538]”
― Martin Luther

“There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.”
― Martin Luther

“One Book is enough, but a thousand books is not too many!”
― Martin Luther

“They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.”
― Martin Luther

“The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God.”
― Martin Luther

“No great saint lived without errors.”
― Martin Luther, The Table Talk of Martin Luther

“As long as we live there is never enough singing.”
― Martin Luther

“Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.”
― Martin Luther

“The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral.”
― Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

“Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law...”
― Martin Luther

“And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear,
for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.”
― Martin Luther

“to call a man without the Holy Spirit "upright and God-fearing" is the same as calling Belial "Christ".”
― Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

“It is easy enough to do good once or twice, but to keep on doing good without getting disgusted with the ingratitude of those whom we have benefited, that is not so easy.”
― Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians

“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”
― Martin Luther

“If we do not love God and His Word what difference does it make if we love anything at all?”
― Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians

“My neighbor is every person, especially those who need my help, as Christ explained in the tenth chapter of Luke. Even if a person has done me some wrong, or has hurt me in any way, he is still a human being with flesh and blood. As long as a person remains a human being, so long is he to be an object of our love.”
― Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians