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
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
Seeing is not always believing.
We have guided missiles and misguided men.
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.
A right delayed is a right denied.
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.