"In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long."
Quotes by Pope Paul VI
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Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he closed in 1965, implementing its numerous reforms. He fostered improved ecumenical relations with Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches, which resulted in many historic meetings and agreements.
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Pope Paul VI quotes on Life
View all Life quotes →"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."
"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."
"Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help."
"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 quotes on Truth
View all Truth quotes →"In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long."
"In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long."
"In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long."
"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 quotes on Religion
View all Religion quotes →"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice."
"Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will."
"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice."
"Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Power
View all Power quotes →"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."
"Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters."
"Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Trust
View all Trust quotes →"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice."
"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Justice
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View all Motivation quotes →"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 quotes on Anger
View all Anger quotes →"Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Happiness
View all Happiness quotes →"Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Travel
View all Travel quotes →"Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Change
View all Change quotes →"Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Dreams
View all Dreams quotes →"No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons."
Pope Paul VI quotes on Nature
View all Nature quotes →"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 quotes on Art
View all Art quotes →"The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal."