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
We are at fault for not slaying them (the Jews)
Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.
Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.
Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it.
Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.
Every [person] of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits [his or her] convictions, but we must all protest.
Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation.
We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.
Is is always time to do the right thing.
Rioting is not revolutionary.
This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.
This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.