Quotes from John Paul II

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

Know what you are talking about.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth.

Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.

The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.

Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.