The deposit of the faith is one thing... the way it is expressed is another.

... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.

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

Today the universal common good poses problems of world-wide dimensions, which cannot be adequately tackled or solved except by the efforts of public authorities endowed with a wideness of powers, structure and means of the same proportions; that is... on a world-wide basis.

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.

Whoever has a heart full of love always has something to give.

I am made to tremble and I fear!