The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.

There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us.

The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom.

Interdependence must be transformed into solidarity based upon the principle that the goods of creation are meant for all. That which human industry produces through the processing of raw materials with the contribution of work must serve equally for the good of all.

Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the "Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named," from whom every human family comes.

Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.