The Bondage of the Will Quotes.

1. "many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

2. "The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

3. "Here again you confuse and mix everything up in your usual way."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

4. "Why do you rant and brag with such a spate of words, as if you wanted to overwhelm me with a sort of tempest and deluge of oratory-which nevertheless falls with the greater force on your own head, while my ark rides aloft in safety?"
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

5. "That is what Reason can neither grasp nor endure, and what has offended all these men of outstanding talent who have been so received for so many centuries. Here they demand that God should act according to human justice, and do what seems right to them or else cease to be God."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

6. "For the kingdom is not being prepared, but has been prepared, while the sons of the Kingdom are being prepared, not preparing the Kingdom; that is to say, the Kingdom merits the sons, not the songs the Kingdom. So all hell merits and prepares its children rather than they it."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

7. "from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

8. "I frankly confess that even if it were possible I should not wish to have free choice given to me, or to have anything left in my own hands by which I might strive for salvation."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

9. "to call a man without the Holy Spirit "upright and God-fearing" is the same as calling Belial "Christ"."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

10. "I owe you a small thanks, for you have made me far more sure of my own position by letting me see the case for free choice put forward with all the energy of so distinguished and powerful a mind, but with no other effect than to make things worse than before."
- Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will