Martin Luther:

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

— Martin Luther Early Modern

Leader of the Protestant Reformation

Attributed, reflecting his internal struggles

c. 1530s-1540s

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