Michael Edwards

“Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to.”
― Martin Luther

“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

“Do not let your thoughts take flight, flutter, and climb. Simply cleave and cling to Christ. It is imperative to remain solely with the Person of Christ. If you have that, you have all; but if you lose that, you have lost all.”
― Martin Luther, Luther's Works, Volume 23 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 6-8) (Luther's Works

“What is meant by a 'pure heart' is this: one that is watching and pondering what God says and replacing its own ideas with the Word of God.”
― Martin Luther, Luther's Works, Volume 21