Quotes from Pope John Paul II

In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.

The 25th anniversary of the decision ... is a call to people of good will to reflect. Now is the time for recommitment to the building of a culture of absolute respect for life.

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.

This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops.

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.

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.

Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.

The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.

In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.

Love of Christ does not distract us from interest in others, but rather invites us to responsibility for them, to the exclusion of no one….

The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.

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

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

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

Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.

The Family that prays together, stays together.

Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete

Love demands effort and a personal commitment to the will 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.

There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice

Open your minds and hearts to the beauty of all that God has made and to His special, personal love for each one of you.

the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root in God Himself