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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIDarkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
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This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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Another name for peace is development.
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Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
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To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
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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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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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