Martin Luther
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It is pleasing to God whenever you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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Here stand I. I can do no other.
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I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
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At night always carry in your heart something from Holy Scriptures to bed with you, meditate upon it like a ruminant animal, and go softly to sleep; but this must not be too much, rather a little that may be well pondered and understood, that you may find a remnant of it in your mind when you rise in the morning.
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Unless I am convinced by proofs from Scriptures or by plain and clear reasons and arguments, I can and will not retract, for it is neither safe nor wise to do anything against conscience. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
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My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
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Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.
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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.