Martin Luther Quotes

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.

Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.

I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

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

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open

We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love...receiving from above [faith] and giving out below [love].

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

It's not what I don't know that bothers me - it's what I do know and don't do!

Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.

The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.

People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.

You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.

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

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

‎It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.

We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.