Every country must have its own devil. Welshland its own, and France its own. Our German devil will be a good wind-pipe, and must be called drinking, being so thirsty and hell-like that no guzzling of wine and beer, however large, will cool it off, and I fear that such will ever remain Germany's plague, until the day of judgment.

Accordingly if the devil should say, 'Do not drink,' you should reply to him, 'On this very account, because you forbid it, I shall drink, and what is more, I shall drink a generous amount. Thus one must always do the opposite of that which Satan prohibits. What do you think is my reason for drinking wine undiluted, talking freely, and eating more often, if it is not to torment and vex the devil who made up his mind to torment and vex me.

This is true faith, a living confidence in the goodness of God.

Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

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.

I have done nothing; the Word has done and accomplished everything.... I let the Word do its work!

When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."