*If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.
*For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.<ref>Luther's ''Table Talk'' , No. 1877</ref>
*Do not believe in Luther, but only in Christ.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Protestantism: I.The Reformation |author=Émile G. Léonard |publisher=Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. |year=1965 |pages=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjPSAAAAMAAJ |quote=Do not believe in Luther, but only in Christ. ... Let Luther go his way, be he rogue or saint (''Luther lassen sie fahren, er sei ein Bub oder heilig''). ... I do not know Luther and do not wish to know him. What I preach comes not from him, but from Christ. Let the Devil take Luther if he can; but let him leave us Christ and His joy.}}</ref>