keithcraft.com
LeadershipologyBeta

Martin Luther: We may not be able to parry evil thoughts, but we may surely guard against…

We may not be able to parry evil thoughts, but we may surely guard against their taking root in us and bringing forth evil deeds.

In today’s wordsWe may not be able to stop evil thoughts from coming, but we can guard against their taking root in us and producing evil deeds.

Martin LutherCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

Every quote on Self-Leadership