Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for another.
Martin LutherGod delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.
Martin LutherWhat harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church ... a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.
Martin LutherOur bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.
Martin Luther