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

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.

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

Dreams are the flowers of imagination which bloom on the fertile grounds of the mind.

A butterfly has to be a caterpillar first

...then much, then little, then nothing.

No accidents are so unlucky [bad] but that the wise may draw some advantage [good] from them.

Real movement in the Kerry campaign now. His poll numbers are moving, donations are moving, endorsements are moving. The only thing not moving is his hair.

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.

I was dead, then alive. Weeping, then laughing. The power of love came into me, and I became fierce like a lion, then tender like the evening star.

Sweat more during peace: bleed less during war

I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate and make a load of money. I just wanted this.