Pope John Paul II Quotes

The Family that prays together, stays together.

The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.

Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion.

You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.

God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?

Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.

The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.

From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others

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.

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

Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.

Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.

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.

We cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention to both the consequences of such interference in other areas and to the well-being of future generations.

The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.

May you experience the truth that he, Christ, looks upon you with love.

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

Christian holiness does not being sinless, but rather it means struggling not to give in and always getting up after every fall.

Have no fear of moving into the unknown.

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.

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.

Christ is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us.

What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return

Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.

In order to see Jesus, we first need to let him look at us!

A man shows himself a true disciple of Christ by carrying the cross in his turn every day in the activity that he is called to perform.

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

The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.

Only in Christ can men and women find answers to the ultimate questions that trouble them. Only in Christ can they fully understand their dignity as persons created and loved by God.

Commending the victims to almighty God's mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.

Dear young people, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.

Never again war! Never again hatred and intolerance!

[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.

Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?

War is a defeat for humanity.

What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?

The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.

The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom.

Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.

A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.

The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

God comes to us in the things we know best and cane verify most easily, the things of our everyday life.

Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily.

None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.

War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.

This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist

People are made for happiness. Rightly, then, you thirst for happiness. Christ has the answer to this desire of yours. But he asks you to trust him.

Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person, and before the marvels of the universe, wonder is the only appropriate attitude.