I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
Martin LutherThe inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing.
Martin LutherA man must completely despair of himself in order to become fit to obtain the grace of Christ.
Martin LutherThe Bible is the proper book for men. There the truth is distinguished from error far more clearly than anywhere else, and one finds something new in it every day. For twenty-eight years, since I became a doctor, I have now constantly read and preached the Bible; and yet I have not exhausted it but find something new in it every day.
Martin Luther