Martin Luther

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“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“Beer is made by men, wine by God.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“Here I stand; I can do no other.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying..”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'!”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“I compare it with a lie, which like to a snowball, the longer it is rolled the greater it becomes.”

― Martin Luther (1482-1546)

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“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 (1483-1546)