The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.

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.

The novel is the privileged vehicle of two ways of being: narrative and freedom: to be new (novel) in a speech open to all, and to be free in a speech that never concludes.

The times have changed and now the story is old, but yet it all remains the same, a victim in the cold.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

People don't love each other at our age, Marthe—they please each other, that's all. Later on, when you're old and impotent, you can love someone. At our age, you just think you do. That's all it is.

Without love for my fellow man and respect for nature, to me, life is an obscenity.

As white authors, bloggers, and readers, we must stop promoting diversity as a business opportunity or a chance to buy ally points with our disposable income.

If you're happy all of the time, it's difficult to acknowledge when you actually are happy.

I loved all those Doris Day visuals of her being a tomboy and then changing into this gorgeous girl in a ballgown.