“There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.”

— Dante Alighieri · Calm quote

Poet · 1265 – 1321

Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy, a cornerstone of world literature.

Source: Inferno · ✓ Source verified

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Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Do not regret what you have done.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.