For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.

God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering.

All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.

There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.

In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.

Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell.

There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.

And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.

After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.

It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.

Thoughts control your feelings, and people around you control your thoughts.

If you do not contribute to the Kingdom, you are not a grateful citizen of the Kingdom.

In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

Isnt it the very last thing we feel grateful for - having happened? You needn't have happened. But you did happen.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

Since infinity is by its very nature infinite, then enlightenment by its very nature is infinite, and thus can be experienced in infinite ways, by itself or without itself

In the presence of grandparent and grandchild, past and future merge in the present.