Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Read Summary
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence. Read Summary
To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. Read Summary
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. Read Summary
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Read Summary
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. Read Summary
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish. Read Summary
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. Read Summary
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. Read Summary
War is a defeat for humanity. Read Summary
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. Read Summary
Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church. Read Summary
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. Read Summary
Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire. Read Summary
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment. Read Summary
The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you. Read Summary
There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best. Read Summary
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. Read Summary
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. Read Summary
Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society. Read Summary