Martin Luther

Reason is the Devil's greatest whore; by nature and manner of being she is a noxious whore; she is a prostitute, the Devil's appointed whore; whore eaten by scab and leprosy who should be trodden under foot and destroyed, she and her wisdom... Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. She is and should be drowned in baptism... She would deserve, the wretch, to be banished from the sight of God.

Reason is the Devil's greatest whore; by nature and manner of being she is a noxious whore; she is a prostitute, the Devil's appointed whore; whore eaten by scab and leprosy who should be trodden under foot and destroyed, she and her wisdom... Throw dung in her face to make her ugly. She is and should be drowned in baptism... She would deserve, the wretch, to be banished from the sight of God.

Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen.

If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that one point.

If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that one point.

A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.

Let us therefore beware of the Jews, and their synagogues, and let us burn their synagogues, and let us destroy their houses, and let us take away their prayer-books and Talmuds, and let us forbid their rabbis to teach anymore, and let us deny them safe-conduct on the highways, and let us take away their money and all their treasures, and let us compel them to work, and let us drive them out of the country.

Let us therefore beware of the Jews, and their synagogues, and let us burn their synagogues, and let us destroy their houses, and let us take away their prayer-books and Talmuds, and let us forbid their rabbis to teach anymore, and let us deny them safe-conduct on the highways, and let us take away their money and all their treasures, and let us compel them to work, and let us drive them out of the country.

I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian.

I would rather be ruled by a wise Turk than by a foolish Christian.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

The ass needs to be beaten, and the populace needs to be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he gave the ruler not a fox's tail, but a sword.

The ass needs to be beaten, and the populace needs to be ruled by force. God knew this well, and therefore he gave the ruler not a fox's tail, but a sword.

Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly, for he is victorious over sin, death, and the world.

Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly, for he is victorious over sin, death, and the world.

I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.

I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.

The papacy is the kingdom of the devil, and the pope is the Antichrist.

The papacy is the kingdom of the devil, and the pope is the Antichrist.

I'd rather be a pig in a sty than a friar in a monastery.