The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.

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.

Anxiety is the monster that resides within.

Rock 'n' Roll, no roses or gardening.

Give me lace and whiskey, Mama's own remedy.

I wanted to model when I was younger.

True love is born of experience, not fairy dust.

I bring a record home, and it connects with me like nothing else. In my ideal situation, somebody will do that with my record.

Today, use your words to lift up and bless the people around you.

Pragmatism is the disguise progressive and other ideologues do when they want to demonize competing ideologies.

Could distance in one direction differ from distance in another? It's always faster coming home.

When it comes to the declared death of Bin Laden, Egypt is against all kinds of violence. The Egyptian government does not have a comment.