Pope Paul VI Quotes

Quotes about:

• Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.

  Pope Paul VI

  Teacher, Men, Doe

  Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Pope Paul VI (1976). “On evangelization in the modern world: Apostolic exhortation Evangelii nuntiandi, December 8, 1975”

  113 Copy quote
• 

  Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

  Pope Paul VI

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  280 Copy quote

• The task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church. It is a task and mission which the vast and profound changes of present-day society make all the more urgent. Evangelizing is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists in order to evangelize.

  Pope Paul VI

  Order, People, Profound

  Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Pope Paul VI (1976). “On evangelization in the modern world: Apostolic exhortation Evangelii nuntiandi, December 8, 1975”

  69 Copy quote

• All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

  Pope Paul VI

  Inspirational, Block, Selfish

  101 Copy quote

• If you want peace, work for justice.

  Pope Paul VI

  Wisdom, Peace, Truth

  Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company

  105 Copy quote

• Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.

  Pope Paul VI

  Mom, Mother, Land

  97 Copy quote

• The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer.

  Pope Paul VI

  Prayer, Perfect, Catholic

  85 Copy quote

• In America, you are not required to offer food to the hungry or shelter the homeless. There is no ordinance forcing you to visit the lonely, or comfort the infirmed. No where in the Constitution does it say you have to provide clothing to the poor. In fact, one of the nicest things about living here in America, is that you really don't have to do anything for anybody. But when you do, you give meaning and provide soul to the concept of community...and develop a sense of purpose to something greater than one's self.

  Pope Paul VI

  Lonely, America, Self

  69 Copy quote

• Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.

  Pope Paul VI

  Inspirational, Life, Men

  32 Copy quote

• Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.

  Pope Paul VI

  Opportunity, Joy, Pleasure

  Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company

  46 Copy quote

• Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

  Pope Paul VI

  Hands, Arms, Reach Out

  36 Copy quote

• The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves.

  Pope Paul VI

  Heart, Keys, Mystery

  11 Copy quote

• If evils increase, the devotion of the People of God should also increase.

  Pope Paul VI

  People, Evil, Devotion

  "Christi Matri". Encyclical Of Pope Paul VI On Prayers For Peace During October, w2.vatican.va. September 15, 1966.

  5 Copy quote

• Through some crack the smoke of satan has entered into the Church of God.

  Pope Paul VI

  Church, Cracks, Satan

  46 Copy quote

• The command to the Twelve to go out and proclaim the Good News is also valid for all Christians, though in a different way.... the Good News of the kingdom which is coming and which has begun is meant for all people of all times. Those who have received the Good News and who have been gathered by it into the community of salvation can and must communicate and spread it.

  Pope Paul VI

  Christian, People, Community

  Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Pope Paul VI (1976). “On evangelization in the modern world: Apostolic exhortation Evangelii nuntiandi, December 8, 1975”

  26 Copy quote

• Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground.

  Pope Paul VI

  Beauty, Strong, Roots

  40 Copy quote

• In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

  Pope Paul VI

  Inspirational, Hair, Years

  13 Copy quote

• This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles us. Mary remains ever the path that leads to Christ. Every encounter with her can only result in an encounter with Christ himself

  Pope Paul VI

  Christian, Spiritual, Blessed

  12 Copy quote

• Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

  Pope Paul VI

  Anger, Nests, Stones

  24 Copy quote

• This world in which we live needs beauty in order not to sink into despair. It is beauty, like truth, which brings joy to the heart of man and is that precious fruit which resists the year and tear of time, which unites generations and makes them share things in admiration.

  Pope Paul VI

  Faith, Inspiration, Heart

  Pope Paul VI (2007). “Christian Values and Virtues”, Crossroad Publishing Company

  17 Copy quote

• We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past.

  Pope Paul VI

  Past, Giving, Doe

  Pope Paul VI “Insegnamenti di Paolo VI.”

  39 Copy quote

• Never give advice in a crowd.

  Pope Paul VI

  Giving, Never Giving Up, Advice

  12 Copy quote

• The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

  Pope Paul VI

  Birthday, Age, Tunes

  24 Copy quote

• No member of the faithful could possibly deny that the Church is competent in her magisterium to interpret the natural moral law.

  Pope Paul VI

  Law, Faithful, Church

  "Humanae Vitae". Pope Paul VI 's Encyclical Letter on the regulation of birth, w2.vatican.va. July 25, 1968.

  4 Copy quote

• Without repeating everything that we have already mentioned, it is appropriate first of all to emphasize the following point: for the Church, the first means of evangelization is the witness of an authentically Christian life, given over to God in a communion that nothing should destroy and at the same time given to one's neighbor with limitless zeal. As we said recently to a group of lay people, “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.

  Pope Paul VI

  Christian, Teacher, Mean

  28 Copy quote

Page 1 of 4

← Prev

1

2

3

4

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin