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Up Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI
- A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and…
- Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result of…
- The fields are still ripe for harvesting (cf. Jn 4:35); God continues to give the growth (cf. 1 Cor 3:6). We can and must believe,…
- In the pierced heart of the Crucified, God's own heart is opened up - here we see who God is and what he is like.…
- God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved.
- I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes. But I think it's very important to be able to see the funny side of life…
- While the Church exhorts civil authorities to seek peace, not war, and to exercise discretion and mercy in imposing punishment on criminals, it may still…
- I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes
- We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism. An "adult" faith is not…
- Although the constellations in which I have found myself - and naturally also the periods of life and their different influences - have led to…
- the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that between Christ and…
- The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing…
- Many false idols are held up today. For Christians to be faithful, they can't be afraid to go against the current.
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
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- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong