The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.

There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of armaments...[but] true and lasting peace among nations cannot consist in the possession of an equal supply of armaments but only in mutual trust.

Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams.

The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.