If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war... — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The obligation to earn one's bread presumes the right to do so. A society that denies this right cannot be justified, nor… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The most faithful disciples of Christ have been builders of peace, to the point of forgiving their enemies, sometimes even to the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Sensitivity to the immense needs of humanity brings with it a spontaneous rejection of the arms race, which is incompatible with the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The obligation to earn one's bread by the sweat of one's brow also presumes the right to do so. A society in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The family, as the fundamental and essential educating community, is the privileged means for transmitting the religious and cultural values which help… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If development is the new name for peace, war and preparations for war are the major enemy of the healthy development of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Much of the violence that humanity suffers in our times is rooted inmisunderstanding as well as in the rejection of the values… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There cannot be forgotten the great possibilities of mass media in promoting dialogue, becoming vehicles for reciprocal knowledge, of solidarity and of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Condemning class struggle does not mean condemning every possible form of social conflict. Such conflicts inevitably arise and Christians must often take… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“The social order will be all the more stable, the more it takes this fact into account and does not place in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There must be a cooperation of all who believe in God, knowing that authentic religiousness - far from placing individuals and peoples… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When man turns his back on the Creator's plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The international community should support a system of laws to regularize international relations and maintain the peace in the same manner that… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Opting for peace does not mean a passive acquiescence to evil or compromise of principle. It demands an active struggle against hatred,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
How can such episodes of such savage cruelty happen? The heart of man is an abyss out of which sometimes emerge plots… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
America you are beautiful . . . and blessed . . . . The ultimate test of your greatness is the way… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
“What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing— ex nihilo sui… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The enemy of the human race...invented a means never before heard of, by which he might hinder the preaching of God's word of Salvation… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus? — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
Utilitarianism is a civilization of production and of use, a civilization of "things" and not of "persons," a civilization in which persons are used… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity's own disordered passions, against every… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share
![“Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm that euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.” quote by Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e86/pope-john-paul-ii-485_abortion_taking-into-account-these-distinctions-i_590583.jpg)
