Undoubtedly they do more and viler things than those which we know and discover

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.

What shall we do with...the Jews?...I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews.

It would be a good thing if young people were wise and old people were strong, but God has arranged things better.

Though we be active in the battle, if we are not fighting where the battle is the hottest, we are traitors to the cause.

For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness shall be your righteousness; my innocence, your innocence. Your sins indeed are great, but by baptism I bestow on you my righteousness; I strip death from you and clothe you with my life.

The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more, that we let God alone work in us and that we do nothing of our own with all our powers.