... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.

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.

Fire wants to burn Water wants to flow Air wants to rise Earth wants to bindChaos wants to devourCal wants to live

Choose who to cheer for you, not chase who is cheering for you!

But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.

Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.

Whatever a man prefers to God, that he makes a god to himself.

Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.

The main character of any living system is openness.

The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.

There isn't a Parallel of Latitude but thinks it would have been the Equator if it had had its rights.

I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.