Quotes by Papa John Paul II

39 quotes by Papa John Paul II

Papa John Paul II, Polish pope

Was born on 18 may 1920. Died on 02 apr 2005, at 84 years old.

Origin country: Poland

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,...

Quote by Papa John Paul II about love, honesty, promise, grace, principle, help, god, day, life

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an...

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about lie

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the...

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about family, nation, world

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter...

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about despair, people

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having...

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about liberty, rightness

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about humanity

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.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about faith, fear

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.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about humanity, question, pain, absurd, war, death

I have a sweet tooth for song and music, this is my...

I have a sweet tooth for song and music, this is my Polish sin.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about music, sin

I hope to have communion with the people, that is the...

I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about hope, things, people

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.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about kiss, homeland, mother, sublime, duty, moment

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of...

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about love, history

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.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about marriage, gifts, family

Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological...

Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyles.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about society

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...

Quote by Papa John Paul II about nation, slavery, temptation, reality, man

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.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about politics, example, world, society

Science can purify religion from error and superstition....

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about science, religion, error

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence...

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about justice, violence

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about god, stupidity, gifts

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our...

The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about victims, cruelty, human imperfections

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