Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can I prize thy love more than whole mines of Gold. Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold repay, Then while we live, in love let's so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever.

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.

I was seeking a real love, a real deal, and I have been seeking it for a lot of years. And in that seeking, I found that God's love is real.

These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.

I don't believe love is fickle. I believe when you love someone, you are allowed to love from afar. You don't have to be with that person in order to love him.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.

What Tolstoy is on about is that carnal love is not a good idea.

True love is forever.

Love is natural. Back of allceremony burns and will forever burn the sacred flame. There has been no time in the world's history when that torch was extinguished. In all ages, in all climes, among all people, there has been true, pure, and unselfish love.

Dearest comrades, all is over and long gone, But love is not over.

The measure of love is to have no mean, the end to be everlasting.

Dear young people, we have seen that it is the Holy Spirit who brings about the wonderful communion of believers in Jesus Christ. True to his nature as giver and gift alike, he is even now working through you. Let unifying love be your measure; abiding love your challenge; self-giving love your mission!

I love thee, as the good love heaven.

The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine

Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.

Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.

When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.

Your Heavenly Father loves you-each of you. That love never changes. It is not influenced by your appearance, by your possessions, or by the amount of money you have in your bank account. It is not changed by your talents and abilities. It is simply there. It is there for you when you are sad or happy, discouraged or hopeful. God's love is there for you whether or not you feel you deserve love. It is simply always there.

I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.

That's the very reason why love is eternal, because it is forever renewed. Passions die, love remains.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Love is all, love is new, love is all, love is you.