1,051 Quotes by Martin Luther

"Here again you confuse and mix everything up in your usual way."

"Great thieves go Scott-free, as the Pope and his crew."

"The Church of Rome ... has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the very kingdom of sin, death and hell; so that not even antichrist ,if he were to come, could devise any addition to its wickedness."

"The Pope is a mere tormentor of conscience. The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the croaking of frogs, which edified nothing at all."

"Now I know from this very word and deed of yours what free choice is and is capable of, namely, madness."

"I owe you a small thanks, for you have made me far more sure of my own position by letting me see the case for free choice put forward with all the energy of so distinguished and powerful a mind, but with no other effect than to make things worse than before."

"to call a man without the Holy Spirit "upright and God-fearing" is the same as calling Belial "Christ"."

"How is it then that your theologians drivel like people in their second childhood."

"[Rome], who was formerly the gate of heaven, is now a sort of open mouth of hell."

"These words of yours, devoid of Christ, devoid of Spirit, are colder than ice itself, so that they tarnish the beauty of your eloquence. Perhaps they were dragged out of you, poor fellow, by fear of the pontiffs and tyrants, lest you should seem altogether an atheist!"