Pope Francis Quotes

It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police We must love one another or die.

I think the point of our country, our planet, the reason we're all here, one of the best things that we can do is be concerned about something even when it doesn't concern us. That's the whole point.

Whether or not one has won the Nobel Prize, each of us living in contact with our fellowmen feels a joint responsibility for all forms of suffering, both physical and moral.

Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn't be more real. Some people don't like to look at it in the face because it's painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.

over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind." Page 62

All human suffering concerns each human being.

So long as there are poor, - I am poor, - So long as there are prisons, - I am a prisoner, - So long as there are sick, - I am weak, - So long as there is ignorance, - I must learn the truth, - So long as there is hate, - I must love, - So long as there is hunger, - I am famished. - Such is the identification Our Divine Lord would have us make with all whom He made in love and for love.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

My dream is that people will find a way back home, into their bodies, to connect with the earth, to connect with each other, to connect with the poor, to connect with the broken, to connect with the needy, to connect with people calling out all around us, to connect with the beauty, poetry, the wildness.

The idea of service leads to community.

We have the potential to help people out of poverty, out of disease, out of slavery and out of conflict. Too often, we turn the other way because we think there's nothing we can do.

Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes.

We need to pay attention to each other. We are our brother's keepers. We are our sister's keepers.

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.

In America, we take care of each other, we support one another, and we look out for our neighbors.

We must broaden the definition of who our neighbors are, and extend the boundaries of our interest and empathy.

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.