In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIFreedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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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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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
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To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
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Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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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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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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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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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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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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