Quotes from Pope Francis

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up.

The Holy Spirit transforms and renews us, creates harmony and unity, and gives us courage and joy for mission.

Have the courage "to swim against the tide". Have the courage to be happy.

Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.

Just as we need the courage to be happy, we also need the courage to live simply.

Sometimes we know what we have to do, but we lack the courage to do it. Let us learn from Mary how to make decisions, trusting in the Lord.

We need courage if we are to be faithful to the Gospel.

It is the disease of cowards, who do not have the courage to speak upfront and so talk behind one's back... Watch out against the terrorism of gossip!

Violence and war lead only to death.

We all have the duty to do good.

Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.

Things have a price and can be for sale. But people have a dignity that is priceless and worth far more than things.

I address a strong appeal from my heart that the dignity and safety of the worker always be protected.

Dear young people, do not give up your dreams of a more just world!

Yet only when we come to understand, in the light of the Cross, the evil we are capable of, and have even been a part of, can we experience true remorse and true repentance.

But always think this: do not be afraid of failure. Do not be afraid of falling. In the art of walking, what is important is not avoiding the fall but not remaining fallen.

It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.

We all have in our hearts some areas of unbelief. Let us say to the Lord: I believe! Help my unbelief.

We must not let ourselves fall into the vortex of pessimism. Faith can move mountains!

Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.

Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the faith of the one who has conquered evil!

Let us build our lives of faith on the rock who is Christ.