Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
POPE JOHN PAUL IILimitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.
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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
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Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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To reach peace, teach peace.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery…is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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