Faith Quotes by Pope John Paul II

Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.

— Pope John Paul II

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

— Pope John Paul II

Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness… he must not forget that he is a person.

— Pope John Paul II

Love is a constant challenge, thrown to us by God.

— Pope John Paul II

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

— Pope John Paul II

The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom.

— Pope John Paul II

Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.

— Pope John Paul II

Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in…

— Pope John Paul II

It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for…

— Pope John Paul II

Christ assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously... He also assigns to every woman the…

— Pope John Paul II

The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.

— Pope John Paul II

There is no need to be dismayed if love sometimes follows torturous ways. Grace has the power to make straight the paths…

— Pope John Paul II

Faith intervenese not to abolish reason's autonomy nor to reduce its scope for action, but solely to bring the human being to…

— 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…

— Pope John Paul II

Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.

— Pope John Paul II

We must open our eyes to admire God who hides and at the same time reveals himself in things and introduces us…

— Pope John Paul II

Every act of reverence, every genuflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament is important because it is an act of faith…

— Pope John Paul II

Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up…

— Pope John Paul II

Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons…

— Pope John Paul II

The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom…

— Pope John Paul II

Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not…

— Pope John Paul II

For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go…

— Pope John Paul II

In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today…

— Pope John Paul II

The primordial model of the family is to be sought in God himself, in the Trinitarian mystery of his life. The divine…

— Pope John Paul II

The Internet causes billions of images to appear on millions of computer monitors around the planet. From this galaxy of sight and…

— Pope John Paul II

“Yesterday was a dark day in the history of humanity, a terrible affront to human dignity. After receiving the news, I followed…

— Pope John Paul II

To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good...

— Pope John Paul II

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

— Pope John Paul II

In the life of husband and wife together, fatherhood and motherhood represent such a sublime "novelty" and richness as can only be…

— Pope John Paul II

It can therefore be said that, from the viewpoint of the doctrine of the faith, there are no difficulties in explaining the…

— Pope John Paul II

The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.

— Pope John Paul II

The sacraments infuse holiness into the terrain of man's humanity: they penetrate the soul and body, the femininity and masculinity of the…

— Pope John Paul II

Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of…

— Pope John Paul II

Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person, and before the marvels of the universe, wonder is the only…

— Pope John Paul II

The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by…

— Pope John Paul II

The modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and…

— Pope John Paul II

Humanity, its dignity and its balance, will depend at every moment and on every place on the globe,on who man is for…

— Pope John Paul II

Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for you and…

— Pope John Paul II

It would be a sad thing if the religious and moral convictions upon which the American experiment was founded could now somehow…

— Pope John Paul II

The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.

— Pope John Paul II