Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.

Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.

It is impossible to separate works from faith- yea, just as impossible as to separate burning and shining from fire.

I only ask in all kindness that the man who wishes at this time to have my books will by no means let them be a hindrance to his own study of the Scriptures, but read them as I read the orders and the ordures of the pope and the books of the sophists.

The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing.

Someone asked Luther, "Do you feel that you've been forgiven?" He answered, "No, but I'm as sure As there's a God in Heaven!"

The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.