Quotes from Pope John Paul II

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.

Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.

There is no need to be dismayed if love sometimes follows torturous ways. Grace has the power to make straight the paths of human love.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.

We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.

When our whole life is one faith, hope, love, prayer and silence, a consecrated life always bound up in the Eucharist, then the 'urge' towards God springs.

The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

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

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

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.

Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.

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

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.

Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were!

The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life

An important day in a young person's life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.

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.

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.