Quotes from Girolamo Savonarola

It came from God, and so is Christ true, and Christ is thy God, who is in heaven and awaits thee.

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.

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.

The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen.

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.