Martin Luther
Martin Luther
Martin Luther; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Late Medieval Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money, proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517. His refusal to renounce all of his...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth10 November 1483
CityEisleben, Germany
CountryGermany
Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.
Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish. To have dovelike without serpent-like qualities is to be sentimental, anemic and aimless. We must combine strongly marked antitheses.
A true revolution of values will see that the western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.
Freedom only comes through persistent revolt, through persistent agitation, through persistently rising up against the system of evil.
Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.
Worship is as natural to the human family as the sing of the sun is to the cosmic order.
Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere.
Don't let anybody take your manhood.
Never, never be afraid to do what's right.
God made the world from nothing, and if we can be nothing, then God can make something of us.
Is your heart right? If your heart isn't right, fix it up today.
Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you're nobody.
It is always the right time to do the right thing.
We've been in the mountain of war. We've been in the mountain of violence. We've been in the mountain of hatred long enough. It is necessary to move on now, but only by moving out of this mountain can we move to the promised land of justice and brotherhood and the Kingdom of God. It all boils down to the fact that we must never allow ourselves to become satisfied with unattained goals. We must always maintain a kind of divine discontent.