I put the Scriptures above all the sayings of the fathers, angels, men and devils. Here I take my stand.
Martin LutherMany demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt and prejudice people; some are also in the thick black clouds, which cause hail, lightning and thunder, and poison the air, the pastures and grounds.
Martin LutherChrist and his word can hardly be recognized because of the great vermin of human ordinances. However, let this suffice for the time being on their lies against doctrine or faith.
Martin LutherThe bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
Martin LutherSin cannot tear you away from him [Christ] even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders.
Martin LutherDoes it follow from: 'turn ye' that therefore you can turn? Does it follow from "'Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart' (Deut 6.5) that therefore you can love with all your heart? What do arguments of this kind prove, but the 'free-will' does not need the grace of God, but can do all things by its own power....But it does not follow from this that man is converted by his own power, nor do the words say so; they simply say: "if thou wilt turn,telling man what he should do. When he knows it, and sees that he cannot do it, he will ask whence he may find ability to do it..." 164
Martin Luther