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title: "4 Destined Quotes By Pope John Paul II"
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> [The human person is a unique composite - a unity of spirit and matter, soul and body, fashioned in the image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/the-human-person-is-a-unique-composite-a-unity-of-spirit-and-matter/)

[Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/)

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> [If the communications media are a good destined for all humanity, then ever-new means must be found - including recourse to opportune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/if-the-communications-media-are-a-good-destined-for-all-humanity-then/)

[Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/)

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> [This is why moral uneasiness is destined to become even more acute. It is obvious that a fundamental defect, or rather a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/this-is-why-moral-uneasiness-is-destined-to-become-even-more-acute-it/)

[Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/)

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> [Human progress planned as alternatives (to God's plan) introduce in justice, evil and violence rising against the divine plan of justice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/human-progress-planned-as-alternatives-to-god-s-plan-introduce-in/)

[Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/)

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## 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/)

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