Girolamo Savonarola

“My Lord, you have taken from me a thousand times more than you have given me.”

“In the primitive Church, the chalices were of wood and the prelates of gold; in these days the Church has chalices of gold and prelates of wood.”

“Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common good; then you will have true liberty.”

“The sword of the Lord will come down upon the earth swiftly and suddenly.”

“If there be no enemy, no fight; if no fight, no victory; if no victory, no crown.”

“A worldly-minded bishop is a monster in the Church.”

“The Pope may err.”

“The only thing that is good for a man is to do justice and to love mercy.”

“The lukewarm are spewed out of God’s mouth.”