Pope John Quotes

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

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

The whole world is my family.

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

The conviction that all men are equal by reason of their natural dignity has been generally accepted. Hence racial discrimination can no longer be justified.

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

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.

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.

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.

Never again war! Never again hatred and intolerance!

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

I am at best on the C list for Pope.

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

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.

[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.

War is a defeat for humanity.

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

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.

The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.

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

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?

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

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

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

Even the young are killing each other.

Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily.

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

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.

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

The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.

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.

Love demands effort and a personal commitment to the will of God.

From this moment on, live the Eucharist fully; be persons for whom the Holy Mass, Communion, and Eucharistic adoration are the center and summit of their whole life.

I will see you tomorrow, if God wills it.

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

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.

There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy - that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God.

With the Rosary, the Christian people sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love.

It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.

A nation that kills its own children has no future.

A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.

The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.