An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. ~Pope John Paul II
Lie Terrible More
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. ~Pope John Paul II
Family World Live
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. ~Pope John Paul II
People Song Despair
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. ~Pope John Paul II
Freedom Doing Right
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. ~Pope John Paul II
Humanity Choice Survive
Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence. ~Pope John Paul II
Fear Courage Faith
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. ~Pope John Paul II
Death War Pain
I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. ~Pope John Paul II
Music Sweet Song
I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing. ~Pope John Paul II
Hope People Important
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. ~Pope John Paul II
Love History Love Is
Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church. ~Pope John Paul II
Family Marriage Gift
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. ~Pope John Paul II
Science Religion False
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. ~Pope John Paul II
Justice Violence Create
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. ~Pope John Paul II
God Gift Stupidity
The future starts today, not tomorrow. ~Pope John Paul II
Future Today Tomorrow
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency. ~Pope John Paul II
Experience Away Economic
The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message. ~Pope John Paul II
Today Man Impact
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. ~Pope John Paul II
Maturity Church Dignity
There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best. ~Pope John Paul II
Mother Best Silence
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 Parents