The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
POPE JOHN PAUL IITake heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself.
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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.
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Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
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The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
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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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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies…If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery…is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
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Another name for peace is development.
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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. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
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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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