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" The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession. "

Martin Luther

Choose

Will

Satan

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God

Stand

" If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old. "

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" I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self. "

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I Am

Self

" Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die. "

" You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you. "

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Feelings

Believe

" To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer. "

" Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. "

" To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. "

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Religion

Prayer

" The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. "

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Mystery

Generation

" Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. "

" Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace. "

Martin Luther

Peace

Important

" Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. "

" For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel. "

" Pray, and let God worry. "

" Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see. "

" The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride. "

" First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf. "

" Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. "

" You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. "

" My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary. "

" The fewer the words, the better the prayer. "

" I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men. "

" Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart. "

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Alone

Help

" I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist. "