Quotes by Abbe Pierre

When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.

What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness...

Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought...

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis...

Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to...

People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw...

My family background was deeply Christian.

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this...

It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to...