I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.
Martin LutherEvery week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
Martin LutherI cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly.
Martin LutherThey [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did... If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs.
Martin LutherSinging has nothing to do with the affairs of this world: it is not for the law. Singers are merry, and free from sorrows and cares.
Martin LutherThe world doesn't want to be punished. It wants to remain in darkness. It doesn't want to be told that what it believes is false. If you also don't want to be corrected, then you might as well leave the church and spend your time at the bar and brothel. But if you want to be saved-and remember that there's another life after this one-you must accept correction.
Martin Luther