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Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

Pope John Paul II
Gratitude, Past, Looks

War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

Pope John Paul II
War, Past, Catholic
Pope John Paul II (1987). “Pope John Paul II, Pilgrim of Peace”, Random House Value Pub

Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare - whether nuclear or not - makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

Pope John Paul II
War, Mean, Past
Pope John Paul II (1987). “Pope John Paul II, Pilgrim of Peace”, Random House Value Pub

In the past, it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now it is the whole planet that has come under threat. This fact should compel everyone to face a basic moral consideration; from now on, it is only through a conscious choice and then deliberate policy that humanity will survive.

Pope John Paul II
Inspiring, Country, Past
Pope John Paul II (1981). “The Far East Journey of Peace and Brotherhood”, Pauline Books & Media

Faced with the widespread destruction of the environment, people everywhere are coming to understand that we cannot continue to use the goods of the earth as we have in the past ... [A] new ecological awareness is beginning to emerge which rather than being downplayed, ought to be encouraged to develop into concrete programs and initiatives.

Pope John Paul II
Past, People, Use

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