The human heart is like a millstone in a mill: when you put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and makes flour; if you put no wheat, it still grinds on, but then 'tis itself it grinds away.
Leader of the Protestant Reformation
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"But since they have deliberately and sacrilegiously abandoned their obedience, and in addition have dared to oppose their lords, they have thereby forfeited body and soul, as perfidious, perjured, lyi…"
Controversial"If a woman grows weary and at last dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die in childbearing—she is there to do it."
Shocking"A man must have a good mind, and a strong body, and a pure heart, to be a good preacher."
Humorous"The Turks are the rod of the wrath of the Lord our God."
Controversial"A flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade be put into their hands so young, strong Jews and Jewesses could earn their bread in the sweat of their brow."
Controversial