None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIArt 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.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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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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We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
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Another name for peace is development.
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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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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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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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A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
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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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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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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
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The future starts today, not tomorrow.
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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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The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of the patterns of environmental pollution.
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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.
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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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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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In the depths of the human soul… the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
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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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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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