Pope Pius XII Born : March 2, 1876Died : October 9, 1958 Browse All Authors Top 63 quotes by Pope Pius XII Salvation and justice are not to be found in revolution, but in evolution through concord. Violence has ever achieved only destruction, not construction; the kindling of passions, not their pacification; the accumulation of hate and destruction, not the reconciliation of the contending parties; and it has reduced men and parties to the difficult task of building slowly after sad experience on the ruins of discord. Pope Pius XII passionpartyhate Below the knee, halfway down the arm, and two finger widths below the collarbone. Pope Pius XII kneesarmstwo That which does not correspond to the truth or to the moral norm possesses, objectively, no right either to existence or to propagation or to action. Pope Pius XII moralactiondoe One Galileo in two thousand years is enough. Pope Pius XII enoughtwoyears It might be said that society speaks through the clothing it wears. Through its clothing it reveals its secret aspirations and uses it, at least in part, to build or destroy its future. Pope Pius XII usesecretmight The key to seeing why there should be a Eucharistic worship distinct from the Mass is that the Eucharist is Jesus Christ. No less than His contemporaries in Palestine adored and implored Him for the favors they needed, so we should praise, thank Him, and implore Him for what we need. Pope Pius XII keysneedsjesus The more pure and chaste is a soul, the more it hungers for this Bread [Jesus in the Eucharist], from which it derives strength to resist all temptations to sins of impurity, and by which it is more intimately united with the Divine Spouse; 'He who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood, abides in Me and I in him' Pope Pius XII soulbloodjesus Bodily pain affects man as a whole down to the deepest layers of his moral being. Pope Pius XII layerspainmen [A] high minded gallantry in defense of the foundations of Christian culture. Pope Pius XII scaryreligiouschristian These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by Christian reason and morals. Pope Pius XII churchprincipleschristian The Church welcomes technological progress and receives it with love, for it is an indubitable fact that technological progress comes from God and, therefore, can and must lead to Him. Pope Pius XII progresschurchfacts If a worker is deprived of hope to acquire some personal property, what other natural stimulus can be offered him that will inspire him to hard work, labor, saving and sobriety today, when so many nations and men have lost everything and all they have left is their capacity for work? Pope Pius XII sobrietyworkmen All men are brothered in Jesus Christ. Pope Pius XII jesus-christmenjesus Beyond fashion and its demands, there are higher and more pressing laws, principles superior to fashion, and unchangeable, which under no circumstances can be sacrificed to the whim of pleasure or fancy, and before which must bow the fleeting omnipotence of fashion. These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by reason, by Christian morality. Pope Pius XII fashionchristianlaw Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war. Pope Pius XII lostmaywar Human society is not a machine, and it must not be made such, even in the economic field.... Access to employment [shall not be] made to depend on registration in certain parties or in organization which deal with the distribution of employment.... It is necessary that humanity turn its gaze toward the action of God ... to aid and redeem mankind from all its ills. Pope Pius XII partyorganizationwork Sport, rightly conceived, is an occupation carried out by the whole man. Pope Pius XII occupationsportsmen "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's." One would like to add: Give unto man things which are man's; give man his freedom and personality, his rights and religion. Pope Pius XII rightsgivingmen There always exists an absolute norm to be preserved Pope Pius XII normabsolutes Private property is a natural fruit of labor, a product of intense activity of man, acquired through his energetic determination to ensure and develop with his own strength his own existence and that of his family, and to create for himself and his own an existence of just freedom, not only economic, but also political, cultural and religious. Pope Pius XII freedomdeterminationreligious
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