"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
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"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
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"If you want peace work for justice."
-Pope Paul VI
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"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
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"No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons."
-Pope Paul VI
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"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
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"Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy."
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"Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community."
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"If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it."
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"What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine."
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"In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied."
-Rowan D. Williams
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