The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.

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

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.

Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

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