Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
Being a goalkeeper is like being the guy in the military who makes the bombs - one mistake and everyone gets blown up.
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.
Prayer is powerful beyond limits when we turn to the Immaculata who is queen even of God's heart.
It's better to cry than to be angry; because anger hurts others, while tears flow silently through the soul and cleanses the heart.
...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.
The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
The most deadly poison of our times is indifference.
And this happens, although the praise of God should know no limits. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him to the greatest extent of our powers.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.
Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder.
Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe. Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. ...I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.
Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today.
They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to be treated by adults with tenderness and respect, as equals. They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be - The unknown person inside each of them is the hope for the future.
When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes I suppose.
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old.
It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness.
For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer.
Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs. Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.
All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.
To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power;
to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale. We should not allow it to be believed that all scientific progress can be reduced to mechanisms, machines, gearings, even though such machinery has its own beauty.
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
The most deadly poison of our time is indifference.
Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less.
Do not forget that true love sets no conditions;
it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.
Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.
First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.
The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us.
There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us.
Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.
The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed;
it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace
The worst prison would be a closed heart.
Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind--these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell. It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty.
Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning.
For Jesus Christ I am prepared to suffer still more.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not.
Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.
It's better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart.