Quotes about God
What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and work flow.
— Martin Luther
We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.
— Martin Luther
This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
— Martin Luther
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
— Martin Luther
God does not need our good works, but our neighbor does.
— Martin Luther
That is what Reason can neither grasp nor endure, and what has offended all these men of outstanding talent who have been so received for so many centuries. Here they demand that God should act according to human justice, and do what seems right to them or else cease to be God.
— Martin Luther
Let the man who would hear God speak read Holy Scripture.
— Martin Luther
Faith is a living, unshakable confidence in God's grace; it is so certain that someone would die a thousand times for it.
— Martin Luther
And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
— Martin Luther
I am much afraid that the universities will prove to be the great gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and engraving them in the hearts of youth. I advise no one to place his child where the Scriptures do not reign paramount. Every institution in which men are not unceasingly occupied with the Word of God must become corrupt.
— Martin Luther
Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts, minds and spirits. A person who does not regard music as a marvelous creation of God does not deserve to be called a human being; he should be permitted to hear nothing but the braying of asses and the grunting of hogs!
— Martin Luther
How can a reason which hates God be called sound?
— Martin Luther