Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe 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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Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important.
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Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
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The measure of your success will be the measure of your generosity.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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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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Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look and listen.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.
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None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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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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In the fulfillment of your duties, let your intentions be so pure that you reject from your actions any other motive than the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
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Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
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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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To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by 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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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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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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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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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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The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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