Pope Paul VI Quotes

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people.

Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.

Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.

Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation.

When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can begin to live for the Father.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I'm a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you're supposed to be doing.

I try to be a good person. I love Jesus.

Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.

The mark of spirituality is the fragrance of Christ in our lives and the fragrance of Christ in every aspect of who we are as a person.

My parents are very good examples of Christians. They are big on forgiveness.

Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others.

Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man.

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

To be rich is to give; to give nothing is to be poor; to live is to love; to love nothing is to be dead; to be happy is to devote oneself; to exist only for oneself is to damn oneself, and to exile oneself to hell.