Dante Alighieri

"Inspiration is the gift given to those who seek it earnestly."

"In healthy relationships, two souls become greater than one."

"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the company of oneself."

"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."

"In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood where the straight way was lost."

"A man who does not know where he has been, cannot know where he is going."

"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."

"Love is the star to every wandering bark."

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."

"The infinite is a problem for philosophers, but not for poets."

"He who would learn to fly must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

"Beauty awakens the soul to act."

"Three beasts block the path of the just man seeking truth."

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."

"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."

"The mind that is content to accept what it has already learned will cease to develop."

"Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise."

"As a man is so he sees."

"All knowledge begins with wonder."

"There is no greater pain than to recall a time of happiness in the midst of wretchedness."

"He who speaks falsely is not less blameworthy than he who listens approvingly."

"The fall of a sparrow is felt throughout the world."

"To reach Paradise, one must pass through Hell."

"The secrets of the universe are written in mathematics and music."

"Music feeds the soul, just as food feeds the body."

"In your life, in the midst of labors and grief, you may find the work of joy."

"Dreams are the echoes of greatness yet to come."

"A time will come when men will face each other with telescopes and pistols."

"The path of true understanding leads through sorrow."