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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IILife is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
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Limitation 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.
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Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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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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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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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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To reach peace, teach peace.
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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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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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Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.
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