"The soul can do without anything except the Word of God, without which there is no help for it at all."

"If I had to baptize a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words 'I baptize thee in the name of Abraham.'"

"Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has."

"I have to confess that I have no desire to be a martyr."

"Their houses also should be razed and destroyed. For they pursue in them the same aims as in their synagogues. Instead they might be lodged under a roof or in a barn, like the Gypsies."