--- title: "Best World Sayings by Pope Francis" description: "108 World quotes by Pope Francis. Plus more from Pope Francis and more World sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/pope-francis-85_equal_we-have-observed-that-in-society-and-the_1064636.jpg" --- > [We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-have-observed-that-in-society-and-the-world-in-which-we-live/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/pope-francis-85_equal_we-have-observed-that-in-society-and-the_1064636.jpg) > [May the Santo Niño continue to bless the Philippines and may he sustain the Christians of this great nation in their vocation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/may-the-santo-ni-o-continue-to-bless-the-philippines-and-may-he/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/pope-francis-85_asia_may-the-santo-ni-o-continue-to-bless-the_1439122.png) > [This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/this-is-important-to-get-to-know-people-listen-expand-the-circle-of/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/pope-francis-85_circles_this-is-important-to-get-to-know-people_355236.png) > [Nurturing and cherishing creation is a command God gives not only at the beginning of history, but to each of us. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/nurturing-and-cherishing-creation-is-a-command-god-gives-not-only-at/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/pope-francis-85_cherish_nurturing-and-cherishing-creation-is-a-c_1227106.png) > [Small yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all of us, as Christians, are called to watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/small-yet-strong-in-the-love-of-god-like-saint-francis-of-assisi-all/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/pope-francis-85_christian_small-yet-strong-in-the-love-of-god-like_2486622.jpg) > [Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/created-half-to-rise-and-half-to-fall-great-lord-of-all-things-yet-a/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/pope-francis-85_all-things_created-half-to-rise-and-half-to-fall-gr_1854305.jpg) > [Now, at the end of my visit to the Philippines, I commend you to Him, to Jesus who came among us as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/now-at-the-end-of-my-visit-to-the-philippines-i-commend-you-to-him-to/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/pope-francis-85_beloved_now-at-the-end-of-my-visit-to-the-philip_1795000.png) > [In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of unity of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/in-a-world-like-this-media-can-help-us-to-feel-closer-to-one-another/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/pope-francis-85_creating_in-a-world-like-this-media-can-help-us-t_1979860.png) > [I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-entrust-this-twenty-second-world-day-of-the-sick-to-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/pope-francis-85_apostolic_i-entrust-this-twenty-second-world-day-o_23595.jpg) > [The times talk to us of so much poverty in the world and this is a scandal. Poverty in the world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/the-times-talk-to-us-of-so-much-poverty-in-the-world-and-this-is-a/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/pope-francis-85_children_the-times-talk-to-us-of-so-much-poverty_541223.jpg) > [This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/this-visit-is-meant-to-express-my-closeness-to-our-brothers-and/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/pope-francis-85_brother_this-visit-is-meant-to-express-my-closen_1769703.jpg) > [China is a great nation that offers the world a great culture, so many good things. I love the Chinese people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/china-is-a-great-nation-that-offers-the-world-a-great-culture-so-many/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/pope-francis-85_china_china-is-a-great-nation-that-offers-the_790101.png) > [How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith! Speaking about family life, I would like to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/how-precious-is-the-family-as-the-privileged-place-for-transmitting/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/pope-francis-85_about-family_how-precious-is-the-family-as-the-privil_726695.png) > [The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so stretched the planet's capacity that our contemporary lifestyle, unsustainable as it is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/the-pace-of-consumption-waste-and-environmental-change-has-so/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/pope-francis-85_accountability_the-pace-of-consumption-waste-and-enviro_3018658.jpg) > [Today we celebrate Earth Day. I exhort everyone to see the world through the eyes of God the Creator: the earth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/today-we-celebrate-earth-day-i-exhort-everyone-to-see-the-world/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/pope-francis-85_brother_today-we-celebrate-earth-day-i-exhort-ev_3165574.png) > [We human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God has joined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-human-beings-are-not-only-the-beneficiaries-but-also-the-stewards/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/pope-francis-85_ailments_we-human-beings-are-not-only-the-benefic_1813228.jpg) > [We are in front of a global scandal of around one billion - one billion people who still suffer from hunger today.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-are-in-front-of-a-global-scandal-of-around-one-billion-one-billion/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/pope-francis-85_available_we-are-in-front-of-a-global-scandal-of-a_3064419.png) > [Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/religious-life-ought-to-promote-growth-in-the-church-by-way-of/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/pope-francis-85_acting_religious-life-ought-to-promote-growth-i_42675.png) > [These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that's a scandal when we have so many riches and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/these-days-there-is-a-lot-of-poverty-in-the-world-and-that-s-a/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/pope-francis-85_giving_these-days-there-is-a-lot-of-poverty-in_676744.png) > [As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/as-long-as-the-problems-of-the-poor-are-not-radically-resolved-by/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/pope-francis-85_absolutes_as-long-as-the-problems-of-the-poor-are_2060038.png) > [In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/in-a-world-often-marked-by-selfishness-a-large-family-is-a-school-of/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/pope-francis-85_attitude_in-a-world-often-marked-by-selfishness-a_269589.png) > [Without a solution to the problems of the poor, we will not solve the problems of the world. We need projects, mechanisms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/without-a-solution-to-the-problems-of-the-poor-we-will-not-solve-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/pope-francis-85_creation_without-a-solution-to-the-problems-of-th_2186529.png) > [We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-ask-the-risen-jesus-who-turns-death-into-life-to-change-hatred/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/pope-francis-85_asks_we-ask-the-risen-jesus-who-turns-death-i_1742343.png) > [No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world ... the Brazilian people, particularly the humblest among you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/no-one-can-remain-insensitive-to-the-inequalities-that-persist-in-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/pope-francis-85_appeals_no-one-can-remain-insensitive-to-the-ine_3008549.png) > [You should be real witnesses of a world of doing and acting differently. But in life it is difficult for everything to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/you-should-be-real-witnesses-of-a-world-of-doing-and-acting/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/pope-francis-85_acting_you-should-be-real-witnesses-of-a-world_633699.jpg) > [I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-would-like-especially-to-mention-you-the-women-wives-and-mothers-of/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/pope-francis-85_able_i-would-like-especially-to-mention-you-t_144093.png) > [Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/proselytism-is-solemn-nonsense-it-makes-no-sense-we-need-to-get-to-2/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/pope-francis-85_born_proselytism-is-solemn-nonsense-it-makes_1475723.jpg) > [Let Christ turn your natural optimism into Christian hope, your energy into moral virtue, your good will into genuine self-sacrificin g love!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/let-christ-turn-your-natural-optimism-into-christian-hope-your-energy/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/pope-francis-85_and-love_let-christ-turn-your-natural-optimism-in_1401916.jpg) ## Other authors on World - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 641 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 475 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 297 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/barack-obama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 284 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 207 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 198 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 175 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/donald-trump/) - [Dada Bhagwan 173 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 169 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 163 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/henry-david-thoreau/) ## More by Pope Francis > [God reveals Himself through surprises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-reveals-himself-through-surprises/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/god-s-faithfulness-is-stronger-than-our-unfaithfulness-and-our/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Have the courage to go against the tide of current values that do not conform to the path of Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/have-the-courage-to-go-against-the-tide-of-current-values-that-do-not/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [“Most people nowadays would not consider love as related in any way to truth. Love is seen as an experience associated with the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/most-people-nowadays-would-not-consider-love-as-related-in-any-way-to/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/the-family-remains-the-basic-unit-of-society-and-the-first-school-in/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/listen-to-jesus-and-follow-him-that-s-the-message-of-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Proceed calmly in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/proceed-calmly-in-life/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I like to say that women are those who form life in their wombs - and this is a comparison I make - they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-like-to-say-that-women-are-those-who-form-life-in-their-wombs-and/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [You cannot insult the faith of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/you-cannot-insult-the-faith-of-others/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I want to remind priests that the confessional must not be a torture chamber but rather an encounter with the Lord’s mercy which spurs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-want-to-remind-priests-that-the-confessional-must-not-be-a-torture/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/to-all-people-of-good-will-who-are-working-for-social-justice-never/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [In Confession, Jesus welcomes us with all our sinfulness, to give us a new heart, capable of loving as he loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/in-confession-jesus-welcomes-us-with-all-our-sinfulness-to-give-us-a/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-pray-every-day-for-all-who-are-suffering-in-iraq-please-join-me/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [I entrust this Twenty-second World Day of the Sick to the intercession of Mary. I ask her to help the sick to bear their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/i-entrust-this-twenty-second-world-day-of-the-sick-to-the/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) > [Certain realities in life are only seen through eyes that are cleansed through our tears. Let us learn how to weep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/certain-realities-in-life-are-only-seen-through-eyes-that-are/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/pope-francis/#itemlist", "name": "Best World Sayings by Pope Francis", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Francis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/we-have-observed-that-in-society-and-the-world-in-which-we-live/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/pope-francis-85_equal_we-have-observed-that-in-society-and-the_1064636.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/pope-francis-85_equal_we-have-observed-that-in-society-and-the_1064636.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/579/pope-francis-85_equal_we-have-observed-that-in-society-and-the_1064636.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love…” — Pope Francis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "May the Santo Niño continue to bless the Philippines and may he sustain the Christians of this great nation in their vocation to be witnesses and missionaries of the joy of the Gospel, in Asia and in the whole world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope Francis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/may-the-santo-ni-o-continue-to-bless-the-philippines-and-may-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/pope-francis-85_asia_may-the-santo-ni-o-continue-to-bless-the_1439122.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/pope-francis-85_asia_may-the-santo-ni-o-continue-to-bless-the_1439122.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/pope-francis-85_asia_may-the-santo-ni-o-continue-to-bless-the_1439122.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“May the Santo Niño continue to bless the Philippines and may he sustain the Christians of this great nation…” — Pope Francis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. 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