I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
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More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.
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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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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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Those 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.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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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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The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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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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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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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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Look, I can surely say by now that I’ve got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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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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