Quote #40
Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads.
More from Martin Luther
- Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
- If [women] become tired or even die, that does not matter. Let them die in childbirth--that is why they are there.
- Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
- Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees mus…
- What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind …
- Sin cannot tear you away from him [Christ], even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders.
- Ein' feste burg is unser Gott, ein gute wehr und waffen. Er hilft uns frei aus aller not, die uns itzt hat betroffen.
- We are all ministers of the Gospel. Some of us just happen to be clergymen.