27 August 2011

Benedict XVI to youth: 'Seek truth while you are young...'

The young Fr Joseph Ratzinger seeking the truth
‘Youth is a privileged time for seeking and encountering truth. As Plato said: “Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp” (Parmenides, 135d).’

 - Pope Benedict XVI, Meeting with Young University Professors for Madrid World Youth Day, Basilica of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, 19th August 2011