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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIIn 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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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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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family – a domestic church.
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The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is.
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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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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There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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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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Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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