Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate...
POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro...
POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
POPE JOHN PAUL II An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
POPE JOHN PAUL II [I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mo...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading materialism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi...
POPE JOHN PAUL II When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. Wh...
POPE JOHN PAUL II As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Another key element of human ecology is the inviolability of human life, especially at its beginning...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II ...A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people must gi...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof o...
POPE JOHN PAUL II You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder b...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two lov...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d...
POPE JOHN PAUL II To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e...
POPE JOHN PAUL II You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow.
POPE JOHN PAUL II The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to re...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
POPE JOHN PAUL II There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
POPE JOHN PAUL II War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for t...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with...
POPE JOHN PAUL II What shall I say? Everything that I could say would fade into insignificance compared with what my h...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The Holy See continues to maintain that only a special statute, internationally guaranteed, can effe...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The body, in fact, and only the body, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.
POPE JOHN PAUL II The inalienable dignity of every human being and the rights which flow from that dignity - in the fi...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Anything done for another is done for oneself.
POPE JOHN PAUL II At that time, I heard you say in Gdansk, 'There is no freedom without solidarity.' Today we need to ...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the worl...
POPE JOHN PAUL II I am expressing a very, very heartfelt thank you for being here, and I am very grateful you are host...
POPE JOHN PAUL II You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are servi...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The truth is not always the same as the majority decision.
POPE JOHN PAUL II A happy new year to all of you, men and women of every part of the world.
POPE JOHN PAUL II From the cave of Bethlehem there rises today an urgent appeal to the world not to yield to mistrust,...
POPE JOHN PAUL II In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance and even a duty of hatred an...
POPE JOHN PAUL II I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
POPE JOHN PAUL II It is not credible that any one should possess so little understanding as to desire the faith and ye...
POPE JOHN PAUL II Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a communi...
POPE JOHN PAUL II The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we...
JOHN PAUL II It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you f...
JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow.
JOHN PAUL II Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to ...
JOHN PAUL II Chastity by no means signifies rejection of human sexuality or lack of esteem for it: rather it sign...
JOHN PAUL II Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a vie...
JOHN PAUL II He was alone in his wonderment,
amoung creatures incapable of wonder
--for them it was eno...
JOHN PAUL II No one else can want for me. No one can substitute his act of will for mine. It does sometimes happe...
JOHN PAUL II Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and wha...
JOHN PAUL II Know what you are talking about.
JOHN PAUL II Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness.
JOHN PAUL II The social order will be all the more stable, the more it takes this fact into account and does not ...
JOHN PAUL II The Gospel lives in conversation with culture, and if the Church holds back from the culture, the Go...
JOHN PAUL II Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fat...
JOHN PAUL II Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets ...
JOHN PAUL II There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem wi...
JOHN PAUL II Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better.
JOHN PAUL II Faced with today's problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsib...
JOHN PAUL II Yesterday was a dark day in the history of humanity, a terrible affront to human dignity. After rece...
JOHN PAUL II Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last w...
JOHN PAUL II True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do an...
JOHN PAUL II Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth.
JOHN PAUL II Merry Christmas!
JOHN PAUL II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther...
JOHN PAUL II I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged...
JOHN PAUL II This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not ...
JOHN PAUL II We pray for this beloved country, Egypt, for God to protect her safety, security, stability; to prot...
POPE THEODOROS II Integrating in the society is a fundamental scriptural Christian trait. This integration is a must -...
POPE THEODOROS II We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, M...
POPE THEODOROS II I like the monastic life... in the prayer and the praising... this has charged me with new energy, s...
POPE THEODOROS II Love never ends or fails. Love never ends. Everything must be based on love - the relation between t...
POPE THEODOROS II Even if humans feel lots of fear, remember God will take care of you. This is a collective message b...
POPE THEODOROS II To begin with, homosexuality has nothing to do with pedophilia; one is sexual orientation and the ot...
POPE JOHN PAUL I If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder
POPE JOHN PAUL I It was really majestic. The Queen Mary 2 ship is really amazing. I hadn't really appreciated the siz...
POPE JOHN Our season starts Saturday, ... Saturday gets the ball started for us. They all know how important (...
POPE JOHN If you want peace work for justice.
POPE PAUL VI If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensi...
POPE PAUL VI Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change th...
POPE PAUL VI Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
POPE PAUL VI You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favo...
POPE PAUL VI The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
POPE PAUL VI Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great ...
POPE PAUL VI The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life ...
POPE PAUL VI Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but...
POPE PAUL VI We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive ...
POPE PAUL VI Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not ...
POPE PAUL VI Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
POPE PAUL VI We believe with all the strength of our spirit that mankind has a supreme, primary and irreplaceable...
POPE PAUL VI Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?
POPE PAUL VI I met a hundred men going to Delhi, and every one is my brother.
POPE PAUL VI A dimple on the chin, the devil within.
POPE PAUL VI The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me...
POPE PAUL VI In youth, the days are short and the years are long. In old age, the years are short and days long.
POPE PAUL VI Never give advice in a crowd.
POPE PAUL VI No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.
POPE PAUL VI Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.
POPE PAUL VI Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life...
POPE PAUL VI Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
POPE PAUL VI All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensi...
POPE PAUL VI Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.
POPE PAUL VI Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.
POPE PAUL VI Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
POPE PAUL VI Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn...
POPE PAUL VI Any port in a storm.
POPE PAUL VI The pope is becoming a missionary, you will say. Yes, the pope is becoming a missionary, which means...
POPE PAUL VI everyone else was a surprise, at least as measured by public speculation prior to the conclave.
POPE PAUL VI The important role of union organizations must be admitted: their object is the representation of th...
POPE PAUL VI The pope-and we know this well-is without doubt the most serious obstacle on the ecumenical road.
POPE PAUL VI We see in these swift and skillful travelers a symbol of our life, which seeks to be a pilgrimage an...
POPE PAUL VI Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadl...
POPE PAUL VI In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
POPE PAUL VI Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through...
POPE PAUL VI Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
POPE JOHN XXIII Nevertheless, in order to imbue civilization with sound principles and enliven it with the spirit of...
POPE JOHN XXIII Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose th...
POPE JOHN XXIII If someone had told me I would be pope one day, I would have studied harder.
POPE JOHN I My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.
POPE JOHN XXIII It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is fo...
POPE JOHN XXIII Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
POPE JOHN XXIII The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light...
POPE JOHN XXIII Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about ...
POPE JOHN XXIII The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
POPE JOHN XXIII Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.
POPE JOHN XXIII Christian life means sacrifice.
POPE JOHN XXIII Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.
POPE JOHN XXIII Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.
POPE JOHN XXIII Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon ...
POPE JOHN XXIII The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.
POPE JOHN XXIII Christ's flock is made up of sheep that not only listen to their shepherd, but are also able to ...
POPE JOHN XXIII The family is the first essential cell of human society.
POPE JOHN XXIII A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.
POPE JOHN XXIII It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
POPE JOHN XXIII I must consider myself as the man of the cross and love the one that God gives me without thinking a...
POPE JOHN XXIII Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
POPE JOHN XXIII It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I mus...
POPE JOHN XXIII Christ's Church is, above all, the spiritual temple where every Christian knows he has his place...
POPE JOHN XXIII See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
POPE JOHN XXIII Every Christian must be convinced of his fundamental and vital duty of bearing witness to the truth ...
POPE JOHN XXIII In this world of ours, every believer must be a spark of light, a center of love, a vivifying fermen...
POPE JOHN XXIII When I eat alone I feel like a seminarian being punished. I tried it for one week and I was not comf...
POPE JOHN XXIII He would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea...but know th...
POPE JOHN XXII If God created shadows it was to better emphasize the light
POPE JOHN XXIII I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
POPE JOHN XXIII I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.
POPE JOHN XXIII Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways: women, gambling, and farming. My family chose th...
POPE JOHN XXIII We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not enter a strange hous...
POPE JOHN XXIII I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life goes gently to its end.
POPE JOHN XXIII See everything: overlook a great deal: correct a little
POPE JOHN XXII You must know that it is by the state of the lavatory that a family is judged.
POPE JOHN XXIII You get to pay for it, ... You guys are going to pay. Nobody wants to turn down the fire department.
POPE JOHN XXIII This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.
CHARLES II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngster...
ELIZABETH II When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they ...
ABDALLAH II Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in wh...
ABDALLAH II The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
ABDALLAH II In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its o...
ABDALLAH II Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast...
ABDALLAH II Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is m...
ABDALLAH II He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse it.
CHARLES II Evil be to him who evil thinks.
EDWARD II For its merit I will knight it, and then it will be Sir-Loin.
CHARLES II If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument ca...
AGESILAUS II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngster...
ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the ma...
ELIZABETH II Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so lo...
CHARLES II I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.
CHARLES II O how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole w...
PHILIP II I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
CATHERINE II They are not royal. They just happen to have me as their aunt.
ELIZABETH II In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions
CATHERINE II Your wit makes others witty.
CATHERINE II Not a religion for gentlemen.
CHARLES II Never in the way, and never out of the way.
CHARLES II Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30 - Men make love more intens...
CATHERINE II I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
CATHERINE II