Martin Luther
Martin Luther
Martin Luther; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Late Medieval Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money, proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517. His refusal to renounce all of his...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth10 November 1483
CityEisleben, Germany
CountryGermany
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity
With the tough mind, there must also be a tender heart.
I've decided to stick with love.
Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.
So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.
Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.
Why is the church always a taillight rather than a headlight?
We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights.
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.
True sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
There may be a conflict between softminded religionists and toughminded scientists, but not between science and religion.
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.