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> [For you deal here above all with human life, and human life is sacred; no one may dare make an attempt upon it. Respect for life, even with regard to the great problem of the birth rate, must find here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/for-you-deal-here-above-all-with-human-life-and-human-life-is-sacred/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

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> [You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favor an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/you-must-strive-to-multiply-bread-so-that-it-suffices-for-the-tables/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

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## Other authors on Diminish

## More by Pope Paul VI

> [For you deal here above all with human life, and human life is sacred; no one may dare make an attempt upon it. Respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/for-you-deal-here-above-all-with-human-life-and-human-life-is-sacred/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [“To love can mean 'to love oneself,' and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/to-love-can-mean-to-love-oneself-and-often-love-is-no-more-than-a/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [The unique and indivisible existence of the Lord glorious in heaven, is not multiplied, but is rendered present by the sacrament in the many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/the-unique-and-indivisible-existence-of-the-lord-glorious-in-heaven/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [Twenty-two martyrs were recognized, but there were many more, and not only Catholics. There were also Anglicans and some Mohammedans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/twenty-two-martyrs-were-recognized-but-there-were-many-more-and-not/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/peace-is-not-merely-the-absence-of-war-nor-can-it-be-reduced-solely/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [Christ did not found an abstract religion, a mere school of religious thought. He setup a community of apostles, of teachers, with the task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/christ-did-not-found-an-abstract-religion-a-mere-school-of-religious/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/marriage-and-conjugal-love-are-by-their-nature-ordained-toward-the/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/every-mother-is-like-moses-she-does-not-enter-the-promised-land-she/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [We see in these swift and skillful travelers a symbol of our life, which seeks to be a pilgrimage and a passage on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/we-see-in-these-swift-and-skillful-travelers-a-symbol-of-our-life/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [After long centuries, agrarian civilization is weakening. Is sufficient attention being devoted to the arrangement and improvement of the life of the country people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/after-long-centuries-agrarian-civilization-is-weakening-is-sufficient/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/the-world-calls-for-and-expects-from-us-simplicity-of-life-the-spirit/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/i-met-a-hundred-men-going-to-delhi-and-everyone-is-my-brother/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/the-eucharistic-mystery-stands-at-the-heart-and-center-of-the-liturgy/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the Living Heart of each of our parishes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/jesus-in-the-blessed-sacrament-is-the-living-heart-of-each-of-our/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

> [This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles us. Mary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/this-pious-practice-by-which-the-blessed-virgin-mary-is-honored-and/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

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