I leave you the best phrases of Pope Francis, the Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Buenos Aires, December 17, 1936), about happiness, love, education, faith, young people and much more.
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-Not because you have power you can destroy the life of another person.
-We all have the task of doing good.
-The life is a trip. When we stop, things go wrong.
-Where there is no work, there is no dignity.
-God will always have patience.
-He who does not pray to the Lord prays to the devil.
-Hope does not abandon you. Optimism gives up, hope does not.
-Love attracts love, in a much stronger way than when hate attracts death.
-The faith is not to be hidden, but to share.
-Having a place to go is called home, having people we love is called family, and having both is a blessing.
-When you go up, say hello to everyone, since you will find the same ones when you go down.
-If I can help at least one person to have a better life, that already justifies the offering of my life.
-Faith is not a light that disperses all our darkness, but a lamp that guides our steps at night and is enough for the journey.
-The world tells us to seek success, power and money. God tells us to seek humility, service, and love.
-The human heart desires joy. We all wish joy, each family, each town aspires to happiness.
-It is not enough to say that we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.
-Practicing charity is the best way to evangelize.
-Only the person who feels happiness in seeking the good of others, in the desire for their happiness, can be a missionary.
-A person who is not convinced, enthusiastic, confident and in love will not convince anyone.
-Jesus is the door that opens to salvation, a door that is open to all.
-God's forgiveness is stronger than any sin.
-To change the world we must be good to those who cannot pay us.
-A healthy family life requires the frequent use of three phrases: can I ?, thank you, and I'm sorry.
-Being a Christian is not just obeying commandments: it is about letting Christ take possession of our lives and transform them.
-A little mercy makes the world less cold and more just.
-Dear young people, do not be afraid to make decisive decisions in life. Have faith, the Lord will not abandon you.
-Are you mad at someone? Pray for that person. That is Christian love.
-Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; He forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.
-The family is where we are formed as people. Each family is a brick in the construction of society.
-Gossip can also kill, because it kills people's reputations.
-We cannot sleep peacefully while babies starve and the elderly are without medical assistance.
-There are dark days, even days when we fail, even days when we fall. But always think about this: don't be afraid of failure, don't be afraid of falling.
-The secret of the Christian life is love. Only love fills the empty spaces caused by evil.
-The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing but their poverty.
-God's love is not generic. God looks at each man and woman with love, calling them by name.
-Dear young people, do not bury your talents, your gifts that God has given you. Don't be afraid to dream great things!
-There is so much noise in the world! We must learn to be silent in our hearts and before God.
-Our prayer cannot be reduced to one hour on Sundays. It is important to have a daily relationship with the Lord.
-Today people are suffering from poverty, but also from a lack of love.
-We cannot be part-time Christians. If Christ is at the center of our lives, he is present in everything we do.
- Politics is the most important of civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.
-Political institutions are secular by definition and operate in independent spheres.
-We need to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.
-The Lord never tires of forgiving. We are the ones who get tired of asking for forgiveness.
-Hatred should not be spread in the name of God.
-If we want to advance in the spiritual life, then, we must constantly be missionaries.
-The mission is both a passion for Jesus and a passion for his people.
-Indifference towards the needy is not acceptable for a Christian.
-That no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman.
-Dear young people, Christ asks you to be fully awake and alert, to see the things in life that really matter.
-A true missionary who never ceases to be a disciple, knows that Jesus walks with him, that he speaks to him, that he breathes with him, that he works with him.
-An evangelizer should never look like someone who has just returned from a funeral.
-The Big Bang, which today is considered the origin of the world, does not contradict the creative intervention of God, but requires it.
-When evangelizers get up from prayer, their hearts are more open.
-The love of God is unlimited: it has no limits!
-If we want to follow Christ closely, we cannot choose an easy and peaceful life. We must choose a demanding life, but full of joy.
-The Gospel responds to our deepest needs, since we were created for what it offers us: the friendship of Jesus.
-Jesus is more than a friend. He is a teacher of truth and of life who shows us the path that leads to happiness.
-A Christian is never bored or sad. Rather, the one who loves Christ is full of joy and radiates joy.
-The truth, according to the Christian faith, is the love of God towards us in Jesus Christ. As a result, the truth is a relationship.
-Discover new ways to spread the word of God to all parts of the world.
-Let's remember this: the gospel of Jesus cannot be proclaimed without a tangible testimony of our own life.
-Money has a duty to serve, not to govern.
-If someone is homosexual, needs God and has good will, who am I to judge him? Let's not marginalize people for that. They must be integrated into society.
-The confessional is not a place of torture, but a place where the Lord's mercy encourages us to be better.
-I am a sinner and this is the most exact definition. It is not a figure of speech or a literary genre. I am a sinner.
-Today, we don't have a very good relationship with creation.
-The Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.
-Unhappy are those who seek revenge and are spiteful.
-Liberalism without brakes only causes the strong to be stronger, the weak to be weaker, and excludes the other excluded.
-I miss a church that is a mother and a Pastor.
-Human self-understanding transforms over time, as well as human consciousness deepens.
-Since God made the world, He also made reality.
-We must always walk alongside the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live blamelessly.
-Christmas is happiness, religious happiness, an internal happiness of light and peace.
-I like it when someone tells me "I don't agree." That really helps. When they just say "Oh, how cool, how cool," it's useless.
-Teens are as attracted to the truth as they are to comfort and conviviality.
-To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy.
-I adore tango, and used to dance it when I was young.
-There is a danger that threatens all of us in the church, absolutely all of us. And that's worldliness. It draws us to vanity, arrogance, and pride.
-Every child that is not born, but is unjustly aborted, wears the face of Jesus Christ, and wears the face of the Lord.
-In the end, work only dehumanizes people.
-Oh, I would love a poor church, for the poor!
-In the church and on the path of faith, women have and will have an important role in opening the door to the Lord.
-Many more people work on Sundays as a result of competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
-The Lord's people want pastors, not clergymen pretending to be bureaucrats or government officials.
-The spirit world destroys! Destroy the soul! Destroy the church!
-To be able to talk about hope with someone who is desperate, you need to share your desperation.
-The offense ends with forgiveness; so you will live in peace with everyone.
-When you cut communication with God, man loses all his original beauty and ends up disfiguring everything around him.
-We are called to love, to charity and this is our greatest vocation, our vocation par excellence.
-Giving life, not possessing it, is what mothers do, they give another life, they suffer, but then they are happy, joyful because they have given another life.
-Love brings light to life and gives meaning even to pain.
-Behind the forms of hatred and vandalism, there is often hidden a heart that has not been recognized.
-There are no bad children, nor completely evil adolescents, there are only unhappy people.
-How arduous it is to understand the joy and the feast of God's mercy for those who seek to justify themselves and accommodate themselves.
-The main component of European vitality is solidarity.
-You need to perform gestures of humility, brotherhood, forgiveness and reconciliation. These are the premises and conditions for an authentic, solid and lasting peace.
-Prayer is not magic, it is entrusting oneself to the Father's embrace.
-Prayer is the key that shows us the way to faith. Let's not have it in our pocket closing the way.
-If one day sadness sends you an invitation, tell him that you are already busy with joy and that you are going to be faithful to him all your life.
-God is the one who gives us the courage to walk against the current.
-Around us there are also angels that can be seen.