Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

"The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness"

on Ambition

"After the evil spirit of a narrow Scholastic orthodoxy has been driven out, in the end seven much more wicked spirits return in its place."

on Ethics

"We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive."

on Life

"The 'commandment' of love is only possible because it is more than a requirement. Love can be 'commanded' because it has first been given."

on Love

"Morality is not man's prison but rather the divine element in him."

on Ethics

"One who has hope lives differently."

on Life

"So Jesus in the throes of his Passion is an image of hope: God is on the side of those who suffer."

on Faith

"Purity of heart is what enables us to see."

on Ethics

"Ultimately, in the battle against lies and violence, truth and love have no other weapon than the witness of suffering."

on Truth

"Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think."

on Fear