Look, I can surely say by now that I’ve got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIReason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
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In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity, of the heights to which he is raised, of the surpassing worth of his own humanity, and of the meaning of his existence.
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The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.
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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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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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How beautiful is the family that recites the Rosary every evening.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
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The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
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Those who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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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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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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