Pope Francis Most Inspiring Quotes

Every child that isn't born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord.

We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason.

Work ends up dehumanizing people.

Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.

A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.

We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.

Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world.

Since God created the world, He also created reality.

Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.

Money has to serve, not to rule.

He who doesn't pray to the Lord prays to the devil.

In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good.

Where there is no work, there is no dignity.