If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are living in conditions of misery at the very lowest level of subsistence.
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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for woman and who woman is for man.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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