Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams.

I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.

Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.

Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

Never Hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.

I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Buy laughter with tears, and you'll be rich forever.

You're not going to be immediately good at anything you do. You wouldn't quit on the first day of your new job, so why quit on the first try at doing something else?

...Nope!...Gues again, you haven't understood me right!

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.

Novelists tell that piece of truth hidden at the bottom of every lie.

To live among friends is the primary essential of happiness.

When God intends great mercy for his people, the first thing he doth is to set them a praying.

They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet... We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.