Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.

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.

If the cherry trees had to wait for understanding they'd never blossom.

This is what we desire in intimate relationships but this deep connection is often so frightful that most do not take advantage of the opportunities presented for honesty.

Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.

For as long as they praise you, never forget that it is not yet your own path that you walk, but another person's.

Illusions are important. What you foresee or what you remember can be as important as what really happens.

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.

All of us are embarrassed by some of what we are.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.

When someone tells you it’s a grain of sand, there’s a moment where your reality falls apart and you have to reconstruct it. You have to step back and ask what the image is and what it means.