A man would have to be an idiot to write a book of laws for an apple tree telling it to bear apples and not thorns, seeing that the apple-tree will do it naturally and far better than any laws or teaching can prescribe.

After theology I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.

If I had to baptise a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words 'I baptise thee in the name of Abraham'.

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.

We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden.

Is it not wonderful news to believe that salvation lies outside ourselves?

Truly, if faith is there, the believer cannot hold back... he breaks out into good works.