Girolamo Savonarola

“Colui che scomunica me scomunica Dio.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.”

“I am the hailstorm that shall break the heads of those who do not take shelter.”

“E fu in quel tempo che io montai quassù, e dissi che io non era mandato a predicarti da uomo del mondo, né da signore alcuno, ma da colui che è signore dei signori e dalla santa Trinità.”

“The best, and the worst, that can be said of the tempestuous friar is that he loved God so passionately that he had very little love left for man.”

“The terrorism exercised by Savonarola and his adherents grew daily more and more intolerable. The prophet declared that no one could be a good Christian who did not believe in him.”

“Ecce gladius Domini super terram, cito et velociter.”

“Ee quello che volesse fare Parlamento sarà de' Signori, gli sia tagliato il capo; se è altri, sia ribelle e confiscatigli tutti i beni … che quando i Signori vogliono fare Parlamento … e ognuno li possa tagliare a pezzi senza pena.”