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
The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people
Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth,
The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found
As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases are rampant and millions of people in this world cannot expect to live more than twenty-eight or thirty years, I can never be totally healthy even if I just got a good checkup at Mayo Clinic. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our world is made. No individual or nation can stand out boasting of being independent. We are interdependent.
The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.
The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.
Riots are the voices of the unheard.
We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,...
Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.
Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.