Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martin Buber

All real living is meeting.

Martin Buber

Let us, cautious in diction And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully.

Martin Buber

How would man exist if God did not need him, and how would you exist? You need God in order to be, and God needs you - for that is the meaning of your life.

Pope Benedict XVI

A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God's gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished-not rejected, feared as a threat and destroyed. A new age in which love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty - a new age in which hope liberates us from the shallowness, apathy and self-absorption that deaden our souls and poison our relationships.

Pope John Paul II

Take heed all of you who have at heart mankind's future! Take heed men and women of good will! May the temptation to seek revenge give way to the courage to forgive; may the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death; may trust once more give breath to the lives of peoples.

Pope John Paul II

The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Piper Laurie

It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange.

Pietro Metastasio

We are like vessels tossed on the bosom of the deep; our passions are the winds that sweep us impetuously forward; each pleasure is a rock; the whole life is a wide ocean. Reason is the pilot to guide us, but often allows itself to be led astray by the storms of pride.

Pietro Aretino

Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.

Pierre Bonnard

It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

Pierre Corneille

He who despises life is his life's master.

Pierre Corneille

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

Pierre Corneille

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

Philippe Petit

Passion is the model of all my actions.

Philippa Gregory

If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.

Philip Reeve

You aren't a hero and I'm not beautiful and we probably won't live happily ever after " she said. "But we're alive and together and we're going to be all right.

Philip Massinger

Great men, Till they have gained their ends, are giants in Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. And it is a maxim Allowed among them, so they may deceive, They may swear anything; for the queen of love, As they hold constantly, does never punish, But smile, at lovers' perjuries.

Pope Francis

You may be asking yourselves, 'Who is this man standing before us?' i would like to reply to that question with something absolutely certain about my own life: The man standing before you is a man who has been forgiven. A man who was, and is, saved from his many sins.

Pope Francis

Our life is made up of time, and time is a gift from God, so it is important that it be used in good and fruitful actions.

Pope Francis

Money at the service of life can be managed in the right way by cooperatives, on condition that it is a real cooperative where capital does not have command over men but men over capital.

Pope Francis

Life gradually becomes a surrender to situations conditioned by technology.

Pope Francis

Do not be afraid to help one another. The devil is looking for rivalry, division, gangs. Keep working to make progress ... I have seen how pain does not stifle the hope deep within the human heart and how life goes on, finding new strength even in the midst of difficulties.

Pope Francis

Although it is a symbol of life, the female body is unfortunately not rarely attacked and disfigured, even by those who should be its protector and life companion.

Pope Francis

Do not forget, read a passage from the Gospel every day. It is the power that changes us, that transforms us, it changes life and it changes the heart.

Pope Francis

An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.

Phil McGraw

Life is managed; it is not cured.

Peter Wright

I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.

Peter Wright

I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.

Peter McWilliams

The most recent studies, . . . both behavioral and biological, indicate one's sexual orientation is genetic, something one is born with.

Pete Wentz

We are dreamers. We worship love, we hope against hope and toss practicality out the window.

Pete Townshend

Let my love open the door To yourheart.

Pete Townshend

When people keep repeating That you'll never fall in love When everybody keeps retreating But you can't seem to get enough Let my love open the door Let my love open the door Let my love open the door To your heart.

Pete Seeger

I feel that my whole life is a contribution.