Pope John Paul II
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.Collection: Easter
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.Collection: Science
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.Collection: God
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.Collection: Music
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.Collection: Anniversary
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.Collection: Anniversary
Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.Collection: Society
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.Collection: Saint
The future starts today, not tomorrow.Collection: Future
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.Collection: Faith
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.Collection: Death
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.Collection: Home
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.Collection: Independence
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.Collection: Freedom
I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.Collection: Hope
War is a defeat for humanity.Collection: War
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.Collection: Family
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.Collection: Experience
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.Collection: Freedom
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.Collection: Freedom
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.Collection: Family
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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.
You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.
Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.
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.
You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile.
Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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.
The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.Collection: Greatness
I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.Collection: Faith
Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.Collection: Gratitude
Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look only at ourselves, with our own limitations and sins, we quickly give way to sadness and discouragement. But if we keep our eyes fixed on the Lord, then our hearts are filled with hope, our minds are washed n the light of truth, and we come to know the fullness of the Gospel with all is promise and life.Collection: Prayer
Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.Collection: Catholic
There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us.Collection: Evil
The only way to peace is forgiveness.Collection: Forgiveness
If He asks much of you, it is because He knows you can give much.Collection: Giving
Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness.Collection: Humility
Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.Collection: Kindness
It's better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans the heart.Collection: Religious
We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.Collection: Prayer
Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.Collection: Light