Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

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.

A fool shouts charge when he should retreat, A coward shouts retreat when he should charge and a wise man knows the difference. I charge.

I've had a wonderful evening . . . but this wasn't it.

My beauty secret is to try to keep my heart as open and happy as I can, because it really makes the sad lines on my face look better.

Passion, manners, and 80 ounces of beer will win the heart of any woman. And if it doesn't, you'll be too hammered to remember.

There are places where it is easy to see, places of illumination, where one moves into illumined states of attention.

These Americans believe that everything is possible.

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].

Time's going to pass anyway, so it's prioritizing what to do with that.

Japan redefined world power. They showed you could become a world power without having a military.

Out of too much learning become mad.