--- title: "3 Anti war Quotes By Pope John Paul II" description: "3 Anti war quotes by Pope John Paul II. Plus more from Pope John Paul II and more Anti war sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/pope-john-paul-ii-485_absurd_humanity-should-question-itself-once-mor_1814456.jpg" --- > [Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/humanity-should-question-itself-once-more-about-the-absurd-and-always-2/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/pope-john-paul-ii-485_absurd_humanity-should-question-itself-once-mor_1814456.jpg) > [Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/let-us-not-accept-violence-as-the-way-of-peace-let-us-instead-begin/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/pope-john-paul-ii-485_able_let-us-not-accept-violence-as-the-way-of_1834073.jpg) > [Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/wars-generally-do-not-resolve-the-problems-for-which-they-are-fought-2/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/pope-john-paul-ii-485_anti-war_wars-generally-do-not-resolve-the-proble_2585030.jpg) ## Other authors on Anti war - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-ludwig-von-mises-61872.jpg) Ludwig von Mises 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/ludwig-von-mises/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kurt-vonnegut-58049.jpg) Kurt Vonnegut 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/kurt-vonnegut/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ron-paul-81013.jpg) Ron Paul 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/ron-paul/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/noam-chomsky/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/martin-luther-king-jr/) ## More by Pope John Paul II > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-path-of-goodness-had-a-name-it-is-called-love-in-it-we-find-the/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [Man always travels along precipices... His truest obligation is to keep his balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/man-always-travels-along-precipices-his-truest-obligation-is-to-keep/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-way-jesus-shows-you-is-not-easy-rather-it-is-like-a-path-winding/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-church-must-persist-in-the-teaching-transmitted-to-her-by-christ/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/and-christ-through-his-own-salvific-suffering-is-very-much-present-in/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [“What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing— ex nihilo sui…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/what-is-the-difference-between-creator-and-craftsman-the-one-who/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-enemy-of-the-human-race-invented-a-means-never-before-heard-of-by/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/jesus-christ-has-taken-the-lead-on-the-way-of-the-cross-he-has/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/do-you-think-that-there-can-be-anything-greater-than-to-bring-jesus/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/do-not-be-afraid-to-be-saints-follow-jesus-christ-who-is-the-source/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 are used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/utilitarianism-is-a-civilization-of-production-and-of-use-a/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [ The world \[is\] tired of ideology \[and\] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-world-is-tired-of-ideology-and-is-opening-itself-to-the-truth-the/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-only-struggle-which-religions-can-justify-the-only-struggle/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-cemetery-of-the-victims-of-human-cruelty-in-our-century-is/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) > [The Church counters the culture of death with the culture of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-church-counters-the-culture-of-death-with-the-culture-of-love/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-war/pope-john-paul-ii/#itemlist", "name": "3 Anti war Quotes By Pope John Paul II", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pope John Paul II" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/humanity-should-question-itself-once-more-about-the-absurd-and-always-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/pope-john-paul-ii-485_absurd_humanity-should-question-itself-once-mor_1814456.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/pope-john-paul-ii-485_absurd_humanity-should-question-itself-once-mor_1814456.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/pope-john-paul-ii-485_absurd_humanity-should-question-itself-once-mor_1814456.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...” — Pope John Paul II", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. 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