Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

To suffer with the other and for others; to suffer for the sake of truth and justice; to suffer out of love and in order to become a person who truly loves - these are fundamental elements of humanity, and to abandon them would destroy man himself.

Typically in 'Game of Thrones,' people who are honest and just and do things for the right reasons tend not to survive.

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

I don't need power at the cost of spilled blood.

It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say something is just if it is not just.

If crimes have been committed it is necessary to investigate. They say that the number of victims have been exaggerated, but one case is enough. Cain slew Abel only once. Christ only once was crucified.

The magistrate has the right to enforce what he thinks, and he who is conscious of the truth has a right to suffer.

There are times … when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.

Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It is not necessary that you should keep your property, or even your life, but it is necessary that you should hold fast your integrity.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

All men in the abstract are just and good.

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil.

One must have a large dose of humanity, a large dose of a sense of justice and truth in order to avoid dogmatic extremes, cold scholasticism, or an isolation from the masses. We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force.

Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

It is better to suffer injustice than to do it.

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?

So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?

What is morality, she asked. Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price.

The human heart is not yet so corroded that it can read off the extinction of these two men without a shock to the very roots of its belief in justice and humanity.

I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

I'm concerned about justice. I'm concerned about brotherhood. I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about these, he can never advocate violence.

Those who are truthful, nonviolent and brave do not cease to be so because of the stupidity of their leader.

There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege, it will always be at the expense of truth and justice