Quotes from Pope John Paul II

The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation to the people.

Faith intervenese not to abolish reason's autonomy nor to reduce its scope for action, but solely to bring the human being to understand that in these events it is the God of Israel who acts.

Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!

God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.

The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.

God has, in fact, thought of us from eternity and has loved us as unique individuals. He has called every one of us by name, as the Good Shepherd 'calls His sheep by name.'

In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.

The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.

A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You.. the people must give it this soul.

Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.

Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.

Apart from the mercy of God, there is no other source of hope for mankind.

A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.

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

Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?

War is a defeat for humanity.

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.

Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral about-face.

Humanity looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and its destiny.

All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

But sometimes it is necessary to do that which is too much.

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