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Have no fear of moving into the unknown.

Have no fear of moving into the unknown.

Pope John Paul II
Moving, No Fear, Fear Of The Unknown

Christian holiness does not being sinless, but rather it means struggling not to give in and always getting up after every fall.

Pope John Paul II
Christian, Struggle, Fall

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

Pope John Paul II
Christian, Prayer, Giving

Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail, those who believe in God know that evil and death do not have the final say.

Pope John Paul II
Believe, Evil, Darkness

If you really wish to follow Christ, if you want your love for him to grow and last, then you must be faithful to prayer. It is the key to the vitality of your life in Christ. Without prayer, your faith and love will die. If you are constant in daily prayer and in the Sunday celebration of Mass, your love for Jesus will increase. And your heart will know deep joy and peace, such as the world could never give.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Prayer, Heart
Pope John Paul II (2002). “Pope John Paul II in My Own Words”, Gramercy Books

We are all one family in the world. Building a community that empowers everyone to attain their full potential through each of us respecting each other's dignity, rights and responsibilities makes the world a better place to live.

Pope John Paul II
Respect, Responsibility, Rights

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

Pope John Paul II
Justice, Violence, Social

It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Catholic, Desire

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Heart, Catholic
Pope John Paul II (1998). “In my own words”

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

Pope John Paul II
Depression, God, Spiritual
"Force of Nature". Book by Dana Mentink (p. 215), December 3, 2013.

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

Pope John Paul II
Leader, Littles, Good Leader

Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ.

Pope John Paul II
Doors, Christ, Catholic Saint
Pope John Paul II (1998). “Apostolic Letter Dies Domini: Guide to Keeping Sunday Holy”, p.6, LiturgyTrainingPublications

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

Pope John Paul II
Family, Faith, Inspiration
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

We can pray perfectly when we are out in the mountains or on a lake and we feel at one with nature. Nature speaks for us or rather speaks to us. We pray perfectly.

Pope John Paul II
Prayer, Lakes, Mountain
Pope John Paul II (1995). “The Way of Prayer”, Crossroad Classic

Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.

Pope John Paul II
Sacrifice, Men, Self

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

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Thinking, People

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.

Pope John Paul II
Freedom, Hands, Trying
Pope John Paul II (1998). “Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter Fides Et Ratio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason”

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.

Pope John Paul II
Faith, Inspiration, Responsibility

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.

Pope John Paul II
Family, Children, Home
Pope John Paul II, Tony Castle (1987). “The light of Christ: meditations for every day of the year”, Crossroad Pub Co

America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being, but especially the weakest and most defenseless. If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then America, defend life.

Pope John Paul II
Beautiful, Blessed, Greatness
Pope John Paul II (2012). “A Pilgrim Pope: Messages for the World”, p.242, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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.

Pope John Paul II
People, Desire, Answers

From Mary we learn to surrender to God's Will in all things. From Mary we learn to trust even when all hope seems gone. From Mary we learn to love Christ her Son and the Son of God!

Pope John Paul II
Son, Gone, Surrender
Pope John Paul II, Margaret R. Bunson (1996). “John Paul II's Book of Mary”, p.181, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing

Deepen you knowledge of Jesus which ends loneliness, overcomes sadness and uncertainty, gives real meaning to life, curbs passions, exalts ideals, expands energies in charity, brings light into decisive choices. Let Christ be for you the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Pope John Paul II
Jesus, Real, Loneliness

What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.

Pope John Paul II
Love, Life, Religious
Pope John Paul II (1979). “Pilgrim of Peace: The Homilies and Addresses of His Holiness Pope John Paul II on the Occasion of His Visit to the United States of America”

Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.

Pope John Paul II
Heart, Evil, Choices

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