The worst prison would be a closed heart.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThose who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.
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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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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare – whether nuclear or not – makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. 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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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.
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To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.
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I do not hesitate to proclaim before you and before the world that all human life-from the moment of conception and through all subsequent stages-is sacred, because human life is created in the image and likeness of God.
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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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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There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
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May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.
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Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
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