Pope John Paul II Quotes

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

War is a defeat for humanity.

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