Dante Alighieri

"We are prisoners of our own making."

"The written word is the voice of the dead."

"In love, equality is the greatest treasure."

"Fear is the prison of the heart."

"The light that guides us is sometimes the light within ourselves."

"Ambition devours the weak as fire devours straw."

"Truth, though veiled, is still more beautiful than comfortable lies."

"The soul that knows itself is free."

"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was an invincible summer within me."

"The craft of the poet is to make the invisible visible."

"All things flow toward their proper end."

"Kindness is the only language the dumb can speak."

"The past is a foreign land; those who live there are strangers."

"In solitude we converse with our true selves."

"The greatest wisdom lies in knowing what we do not know."

"Love is the bridge between two souls."

"Memory is the treasury of all things."

"The just man is not made just by any external force, but by his own will."

"Silence speaks louder than words."

"The soul ascends through suffering and struggle."

"A life without purpose is a life without meaning."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend."

"In the wilderness of the world, each man must find his own path."

"The work of creation is never finished."

"To love is to be vulnerable; to be vulnerable is to be alive."

"Betrayal is the deepest wound because it comes from trust."

"The virtuous life is its own reward."

"Time is the river that carries all things to the sea."

"The imagination is the eye of the soul."

"All conflict is born from misunderstanding."