The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The greatest gift you can give your child is another sibling.
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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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Christ assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously… He also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man.
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War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow be considered a danger to free society.
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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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St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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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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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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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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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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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 greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.
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