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

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

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.

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

When a man dies he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.

Well, I had said to my friends, it's going to be good, but I bet it's going to be cheesy in a way. And I didn't think that at all. It's so good and was just so funny.

I guess babysitters are like used cars... You never really know what you're getting.

It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.

But I love New York. I used to set my alarm clock when I was there, and get up at 4am and get a coffee, just because I could.

I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.

Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life.

It is my opinion that a man's soul may be buried and perish under a dung-heap, or in a furrow field, just as well as under a pile of money.

The motivating factor behind God's redemptive plan for every man and woman is His love for us. He not only loves us, He so loves us!

The way of God's grace becomes indispensable when we realize that the way of God's law is inflexible.