A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.

It is God who creates, effects, and preserves all things through his almighty.

Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe themMy wisdom belongs to the foolish, my power to the oppressed. Thus my wealth belongs to the poor, my righteousness to the sinners.

The will of man without grace is not free, but is enslaved, and that too with its own consent.

I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.

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

I do not admit that my doctrine can be judged by anyone.