Man's genius has with God's help produced marvelous technical inventions from creation, especially in our times. The Church, our mother, is particularly interested in those which directly touch man's spirit and which have opened up new avenues of easy communication of all kinds of news, of ideas and orientations.

Idleness or boredom has no place in the life of a Christian.

You also realize, Venerable Brothers, that the Eucharist is reserved in churches or oratories to serve as the spiritual center of a religious community or a parish community, indeed of the whole Church and the whole of mankind, since it contains, beneath the veil of the species, Christ the invisible Head of the Church, the Redeemer of the world, the center of all hearts, 'by whom all things are and by whom we exist'.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.

Never give advice in a crowd.

Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.