Martin Luther
Theologian
"When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners."
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C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"On the back of Satan's neck is a nail scarred footprint."
Isaac Watts
Hymn Writer, Poet
"For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do."
Martin Luther
Theologian
"The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"If the all powerful god controls satan he is an accomplice, and if he doesn't, he is not an all powerful god."
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"Satan is an astute theologian."
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"I will get stoned and worship Satan."
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"If you haven't met Satan face to face, it's because you are running in the same direction."
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"Romans 6 - Our flesh is the instrument that Satan works through. When we say no to the flesh, we say no to the devil."
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"God and Satan alike are essentially human figures, the one a projection of ourselves, the other of our enemies."
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"I was not content to just believe in Satan. I wanted to be his chief or staff."
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"When Satan knocks, I just send Christ to the door."
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"Satan like a fisher, baits his hook according to the appetite of the fish."
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"Satan and all his agents, with all their combined strength and subtilty, cannot separate one soul from Christ."
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"God never tempts any man. That is Satan's business."
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"Solitude is the playfield of Satan."
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"In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do."
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"There is nothing new about humanism. It is the yielding to Satan's first temptation of Adam and Eve: "Ye shall be as gods." (Gen. 3:5)"
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"All religions issue bibles again Satan, and say the most injurious things against him, but we never hear his side."
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"God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter."
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"Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan."
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"...there is one thing that all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise - an undivided will."
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"Satan's snares are mostly subtly laid and are the most tempting when the dividing line between right and wrong is so thin as to be imperceptible."
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"Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employs a million."
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"If Satan can defeat you in your thoughts then he can defeat you anywhere else as well."
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