I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did that for me, for no one can understand Holy Scripture without practice and temptations...I t is not by reading, writing, or speculation that one becomes a theologian. Nay, rather, it is living, dying, and being damned that makes one a theologian.
Martin LutherGod created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
Martin Lutherfrom you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence.
Martin LutherWe must beat the Gospel into peoples' heads incessantly because it's the one thing we're prone to forget.
Martin Luther