From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIFaith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
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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 culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
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Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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