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“Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Edited by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 378, 1895.
#Love You Quotes
#Wish Quotes
#Liberty Quotes
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“The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#World Quotes
#Weapons Quotes
#Glory Quotes
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“Don't be ashamed to learn from others.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Ashamed Quotes
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“It would be good for religion if many books that seem useful were destroyed. When there were not so many books and not so many arguments and disputes, religion grew more quickly than it has since.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Book Quotes
#Scary Quotes
#Would Be Quotes
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“The only good thing that we owe to Plato and Aristotle is that they brought forward many arguments which we can use against the heretics. Yet they and other philosophers are now in hell.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Plato Quotes
#Scary Quotes
#Use Quotes
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“If there be no enemy, no fight; if do fight, no victory; if no victory, no crown.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Fighting Quotes
#Evil Quotes
#Enemy Quotes
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“Whoever excommunicates me, excommunicates God.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
Source : "History of the Church: Volume 3: The Revolt Against The Church: Aquinas To Luther". Book by Philip Hughes, p. 493, 1979.
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“Lord! teach me the way my soul should walk.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Soul Quotes
#Way Quotes
#Lord Quotes
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“The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Joy Quotes
#Shadow Quotes
#World Quotes
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“God is the best helper, but He loves to be helped. Be earnest in prayer, but do not neglect human means. You must help yourself in all manner of ways, and then the Lord will be with you.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 124, 1895.
#Prayer Quotes
#Mean Quotes
#Way Quotes
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“Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 481, 1895.
#Giving Quotes
#Simplicity Quotes
#Sound Quotes
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“I am the hailstorm that shall break the heads of those who do not take shelter.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
Source : "The Life Of Girolamo Savonarola". Book by Roberto Ridolfi, 1952.
#Shelter Quotes
#Break Quotes
#Hailstorms Quotes
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“It came from God, and so is Christ true, and Christ is thy God, who is in heaven and awaits thee.”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Heaven Quotes
#Christ Quotes
#Thee Quotes
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“Some have narrowed their minds, and so fettered them with the chains of antiquity that not only do they refuse to speak save as the ancients spake, but they refuse to think save as the ancients thought. God speaks to us, too, and the best thoughts are those now being vouchsafed to us. We will excel the ancients!”
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Girolamo Savonarola
#Wisdom Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
#Mind Quotes
