Pope Francis Quotes

The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

Spiritual worldliness kills! It kills the soul! It kills the Church!

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

The pride of life hath corrupted the judgment of others, and perverted them in the way of religion.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.

I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.

Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

Such is human nature, in the gigantic intellect, the envious temper, the ravenous ambition, and the rotten heart of Daniel Webster.

These are the meats to abstain from- others' wealth, others' wives, slander, envy, covetousness and pride.

Interest is the invention of Satan

There is something about prosperity that brings out the worst in some people.

My native land is a slave of heathenism, men's god is their belly, and they live only for the present. The richer a man, the holier.

I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.