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War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

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Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must dri...more

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Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against th...more

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I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

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Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.

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For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Neverthele...more

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They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

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Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. N...more

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It is certainly true that reason is the most important and the highest rank among all things and, in comparison with other things of this life, the be...more

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There is talk of a new astrologer [Nicolaus Copernicus] who wants to prove that the earth moves and goes around instead of the sky, the sun, the moon,...more

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So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: "I admit that I deserve death and hell, w...more

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A woman must be a woman and cannot be a man. She, too, is God's creature and her divine station is that she should bear and care for and rear children...more

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I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in t...more

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All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.