Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Luther's Greatest hits from his commentary on Ecclesiastes



Luther’s Greatest Hits:
“The subject or matter of this book is simply the human race, which is so foolish that it seeks and strives for many things by its efforts which it cannot attain or which, even if it does attain them, it does not enjoy but possesses to its sorrow and harm, as the fault not of the things themselves, but of its own foolish affections.”
“Incompetent legislators are a curse from God.”
“When the heart is empty of cares and yet something happens to it that is pleasant or some interesting sight comes alone, this is very delightful.”
“Humans are like a dog who attacks his reflection in a pond and in so doing drops his bone.”
“Since, we shall not take anything with us, let us share it with others.”
It is better to bear with and to endure a moderate amount of rebellion than to let the entire state perish."

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