Martin Luther citáty

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„Deti sú najľúbeznejšou zárukou manželstva - zväzujú a udržiavajú puto lásky.“

„Láska je jediná sila, ktorá dokáže zmeniť nepriateľa v priateľa.“

„Boh, náš Otec, urobil všetko závislé od našej viery. Ten, kto má vieru, má všetko; kto nemá vieru, nemá nič.“

„Hudba je nejlepší umění. Zahání smutek.“

„Kristus žije. Je mŕtvy len pre toho, kto je mŕtvy.“

„Boh píše evanjelium nielen v Biblii, ale aj na stromoch a kvetoch, oblakoch a hviezdach.“

„Nepoznať Ducha Svätého znamená nepoznať Krista. Kto nepozná Krista, ten nepozná Boha, nevie o cieli svojho života, ženie sa do večných temnôt.“

„Len ten môže obsiahnuť Boha a porozumieť mu, kto chápe jeho slovo.“

„Tu stojím, ináč nemôžem, tak mi Pán Boh pomáhaj.
Worms“

„Naša generácia bude jedného dňa ľutovať nielen slová a skutky zlých ľudí, ale aj hrozivé mlčanie dobrých.“

„Lakomec nemôže urobiť nič užitočnejšieho a lepšieho ako umrieť, pretože za svojho života neslúži ani bohu, ani ľuďom, dokonca ani sám sebe.“

„Našou povinnosťou je brať na seba úlohu milosrdného samaritána pre všetkých, ktorí zostali ležať na ceste. Ale to je len začiatok. Jedného dňa pochopíme, že treba zmeniť celú cestu do Jericha, aby ľudia neboli neustále prepadávaní a okrádaní.“

„Šťastie zmätie ľudí viac než nešťastie.“

„Keby som vedel, že zajtra sa svet rozpadne na kusy, aj tak by som zasadil jabloň.“

„Človek, ktorý nie je ochotný pre niečo zomrieť, nie je hoden toho, aby žil.“

„Nejestvuje ani vzťah, ani spoločenstvo, ani družná skupina, ktoré by boli príjemnejšie a príťažlivejšie, ako je dobré manželstvo.“

„Evanjelium má prenikavé oči a vidí hlboko do srdca.“

„Láska je jednooká, ale nenávisť je úplne slepá.“

„Kto vôbec nemiluje víno, ženy a spev, zostáva po celý život hlupákom.“

„Mier áno, ale pravdu stoj čo stoj.“

„Ľudské srdce je podobné mlynskému kameňu; ak nasypeme podeň pšenicu, rozomelie ju na múku, ak nenasypeme, rozdrví samo seba.“

„Svet chce byť klamaný, nech je teda klamaný.“

„Nespravodlivý zákon vôbec nie je zákonom.“

„List sv. Jakuba je len slameným listom, pretože niet v ňom nič evanjeliové.“

„Žiadny omyl nie je taký veľký, aby nemal svojich poslucháčov.“

„Na svete nie je lepší lesť, ako jazyk svoj na uzde viesť.“

„Nikoho nemôžeš mať za priateľa, s ktorým si predtým nezjedol lyžičku soli.“

„Šťastie nespočíva v šťastí, ale v jeho dosahovaní. Šťastie rum zmätie viac ako nešťastie.“

„Sme spasení iba vierou, ale viera, ktorá spasí, nie je nikdy sama.“

„Kresťan je úplne slobodný pán zo všetkých, nepodlieha nikomu. Kresťan je dokonale poslušný služobník všetkých, podriadený všetkých, podriadený všetkým.“

„To, čo učím a čo píšem, zostane pravdou, aj keby sa celý svet mal kvôli tomu zrútiť.“

“I shall not have it judged by any man, not even by any angel. For since I am certain of it, I shall be your judge and even the angels’ judge through this teaching (as St. Paul says [1 Cor. 6:3]) so that whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved - for it is God’s teaching and not mine.”

“We must calm the mind of the common man, and tell him to abstain from the words and even the passions which lead to insurrection.”

“For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel…Thus is the Devil ever God's ape.”

“A penny saved is of more value than a penny paid out (Der Sparpfennig ist reicher denn der Zinspfenning).”

“If a woman becomes weary and at last dead from bearing, that matters not; let her only die from bearing, she is there to do it.”

“The Law continues to exist and to function. But it no longer exists for me.”

“This error of free will is a special doctrine of the Antichrist.”

“Religion is not 'doctrinal knowledge,' but wisdom born of personal experience.”

“The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christendom since the time of the Apostles.”

“Paul calleth the Galatians foolish and bewitched, comparing them to children, to whom witchcraft doth much harm. As though he should say: It happeneth to you as it doth to children, whom witches, sorcerers, and enchanters are wont to charm by their enchantments, and by the illusions of the devil. Afterwards, in the fifth chapter, he rehearseth sorcery among the works of the flesh, which is a kind of witchcraft, whereby he plainly testifieth, that indeed such witchcraft and sorcery there is, and that it may be done. Moreover, it cannot be denied but that the devil, yea, and reigneth throughout the whole world. Witchcraft and sorceru therefore are the works of the devil; whereby he doth not only hurt men, but also, by the permission of God, he sometimes destroyeth them. Furthermore, we are all subject to the devil, both in body and goods; and we be strangers in this world, whereof he is the prince and god. Therefore the bread which we eat, the drink which we drink, the garments which we wear, yea, the air, and whatsoever we live by in the flesh is under his dominion.”

“I am entirely of the opinion that the papacy is the Antichrist. But if anyone wants to add the Turk, then the Pope is the spirit of the Antichrist, and the Turk is the flesh of the Antichrist. They help each other in their murderous work. The latter slaughters bodily and by the sword, the former spiritually and by doctrine.”

“[On the Ninety-five Theses:]”

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

“We refuse to have our conscience bound by any work or law, so that by doing this or that we should be righteous, or leaving this or that undone we should be damned.”

“We have now completed both the spiritual and the temporal government, that is, the divine and the paternal authority and obedience. But here now we go forth from our house among our neighbors to learn how we should live with one another, every one himself toward his neighbor. Therefore God and government are not included in this commandment nor is the power to kill, which they have taken away. For God has delegated His authority to punish evil-doers to the government instead of parents, who aforetime (as we read in Moses) were required to bring their own children to judgment and sentence them to death. Therefore, what is here forbidden is forbidden to the individual in his relation to any one else, and not to the government.”

“When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, "Repent," he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.”

“Regarding the plan to collect my writings in volumes, I am quite cool and not at all eager about it because, roused by a Saturnian hunger, I would rather see them all devoured. For I acknowledge none of them to be really a book of mine, except perhaps the one On the Bound Will and the Catechism.”

“I think these things [firearms] were invented by Satan himself, for they can’t be defended against with (ordinary) weapons and fists. All human strength vanishes when confronted with firearms. A man is dead before he sees what’s coming.”

“It is an article of faith that Mary is Mother of the Lord and still a Virgin.”

“August 25, 1538, the conversation fell upon witches who spoil milk, eggs, and butter in farm yards. Dr. Luther said: “I should have no compassion on these witches; I would burn all of them. We read in the old law, that the priests threw the first stone at such malefactors, `Tis said this stolen butter turns rancid, and falls to the ground when any one goes to eat it. He who attempts to counteract and chastise these witches, is himself corporally plagued and tormented by their master, the devil. Sundry schoolmasters and ministers have often experienced this. Our ordinary sins offend and anger God. What, then, must be his wrath against witchcraft, which we may justly designate high treason against divine majesty, a revolt against the infinite power of God. The jurisconsults who have so learnedly and pertinently treated of rebellion, affirm that the subject who rebels against his sovereign, is worthy of death. Does not witchcraft, then, merit death, which is a revolt of the creature against the Creator, a denial to God of the authority it accords to the demon?””

“The will is not free to strive toward whatever is declared good.”

“The heathen really make their self-invented notions and dreams of God and idol. Ultimately, they put their trust in that which is nothing. So it is with all idolatry. For it happens not merely by erecting an image and worshipping it, but rather it happens in the heart. For the heart seeks help and consolation from creatures, saints, or devils. It neither cares for God, nor looks to Him for anything better than to believe that He is willing to help.”

“…God commanded in the law [Deut. 22:22-24] that adulterers be stoned... The temporal sword and government should therefore still put adulterers to death... Where the government is negligent and lax, however, and fails to inflict the death penalty, the adulterer may betake himself to a far country and there remarry if he is unable to remain continent. But it would be better to put him to death, lest a bad example be set...”

“… a penny saved is better than a penny earned.”

“Heretics cannot themselves appear good unless they depict the Church as evil, false, and mendacious. They alone wish to be esteemed as the good, but the Church must be made to appear evil in every respect.”

“They are splendidly built [Italian Hospitals], the best food and drink are at hand, the attendants are very diligent, the physicians are learned, the beds and coverings are very clean, and the bedsteads are painted. As soon as a sick man is brought in, all his clothes are taken off in the presence of a notary and are faithfully kept for him. He is then laid in a handsomely painted bed with clean sheets. Two physicians are fetched at once. Attendants come with food and drink, served in immaculate glass vessels; these are not touched with as much as a finger but are brought on a tray.”

“We believe that the very beginning and end of salvation, and the sum of Christianity, consists of faith in Christ, who by His blood alone, and not by any works of ours, has put away sin, and destroyed the power of death.”

“To say that the cross emblazoned with the papal coat of arms, and set up by the indulgence preachers, is equal in worth to the cross of Christ is blasphemy.”

“As to why some are touched by the law and others not, so that some receive and others scorn the offer of grace…[this is the] hidden will of God, Who, according to His own counsel, ordains such persons as He wills to receive and partake of the mercy preached and offered.”