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The kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the 'doers of the word' in faith and love, and not the 'mere hearers,' who, like parrots, have learned to utter certain expressions with readiness.

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Martin Luther
Age: 62 †
Born: 1483
Born: November 10
Died: 1546
Died: February 18
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True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.
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For from the error of not knowing, or understanding, what sin is, there necessarily arises another error, that people cannot know or understand what grace is.
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The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees.
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The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character.
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Music is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God.
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It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God!
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God is a blank sheet upon which nothing is found but what you yourself have written.
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I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.
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The Devil, it is true, is not exactly a doctor who has taken degrees, but he is very learned, very expert for all that. He has not been carrying on his business during thousands of years for nothing.
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Feelings come, and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing.
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I did nothing. The Word did it all.
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There are three conversions necessary (for the Christian life): the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse.
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