For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
Martin Luther
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More quotes by Martin Luther
- Every man must do two things alone he must do his own believing and his own dying.
- Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
- God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
- Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.
- Blood alone moves the wheels of history.