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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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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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All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

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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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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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The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.

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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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I am much afraid that the universities will prove to be the great gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy Scriptures, and ...more

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Here I stand. I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen.

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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

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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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There are some who are still weak in faith, who ought to be instructed, and who would gladly believe as we do. But their ignorance prevents them...we ...more