Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?
— Martin Luther
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.
I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.
When schools flourish, all flourishes.
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
Blood alone moves the wheels of history.
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
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 is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.
Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.
Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.
I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.
Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.
I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.
Forgiveness is God's command.
Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.
Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
Pray, and let God worry.
People must have righteous principals in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
Nothing good ever comes of violence.
The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
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.
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
