The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso)

by Dante Alighieri

he was unwavering in his belief that wealth was the greatest disaster that had befallen the Church, for in wealth lay the root of the corruption which Dante denounced so passionately.

The bad state of the modern world is due— as you may see, then—to bad leadership; and not to natural corruption in you.

Great flames are kindled where the small sparks fly.

faith is the substance of what we hope to see and the argument for what we have not seen. This is its quiddity, as it seems to me.”