God's greatest gift to main all the bounty He was moved to make Throughout creation-the one gift the most Close to his goodness and the one He calls Most precious-is free will.

— Dante Alighieri

Haste denies all acts their dignity.

— Dante Alighieri

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.

— Dante Alighieri

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground

— Dante Alighieri

Here sighs and cries and shrieks of lamentation echoed throughout the starless air of Hell;at first these sounds resounding made me weep:tongues confused, a language strained in anguish with cadences of anger, shrill outcries and raucous groans that joined with sounds of hands, raising a whirling storm that turns itself forever through that air of endless black, like grains of sand swirling when a whirlwind blows. And I, in the midst of all this circling horror, began, "Teacher, what are these sounds I hear? What souls are these so overwhelmed by grief?" And he to me: "This wretched state of beings the fate of those sad souls who lived a life but lived it with no blame and with no praise. They are mixed with that repulsive choir of angels neither faithful nor unfaithful to their God, who undecided stood but for themselves. Heaven, to keep its beauty, cast them out, but even Hell itself would not receive them, for fear the damned might glory over them." And I. "Master, what torments do they suffer that force them to lament so bitterly?" He answered: "I will tell you in few words:these wretches have no hope of truly dying, and this blind life they lead is so abject it makes them envy every other fate. The world will not record their having been there;Heaven's mercy and its justice turn from them. Let's not discuss them; look and pass them by...

— Dante Alighieri

He who knows most grieves most for wasted time.

— Dante Alighieri

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.

— Dante Alighieri

High justice would in no way be debased if ardent love should cancel instantly the debts these penitents must satisfy.

— Dante Alighieri

… I am left with less than one drop of my blood that does not tremble. I recognize the signs of the old flame.

— Dante Alighieri

I am searching for that which every man seeks-peace and rest.

— Dante Alighieri