A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Work bears a particular mark of man and of humanity, the mark of a person operating within a community of persons — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness… he must not forget that he is a person. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
That is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition of her survival, yes, the ultimate test of her greatness:… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
True living is not found in one's self or in things. It is found in Someone else, in the One who created… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Never tire of firmly speaking out in defense of life from its conception and do not be deterred from the commitment to… — 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
We emphasize the transcendent worth of the human person. We insist that the human person must never be treated as an object;… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Holiness is not reserved for a small number of exceptional persons. It is for everyone. It is the Lord who brings us… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When a parliamentary or social majority decrees that it is legal, at least under certain conditions, to kill unborn human life, is… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If the aim is globalization without marginalization, we can no longer tolerate a world in which there live side by side the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
On the basis of his work each person is fully entitled to consider himself a part owner of the great workbench at… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The choice of euthanasia becomes more serious when it takes the form of a murder committed by others on a person who… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Motherhood involves a special communion with the mystery of life, as it develops in the mother's womb. The mother is filled with… — 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
Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The greater the feeling of responsibility for the person the more true love there is. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
From this moment on, live the Eucharist fully; be persons for whom the Holy Mass, Communion, and Eucharistic adoration are the center… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is a growing threat to the environment, to the vegetation, animals, water and air. Sacred Scripture hands us the image of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
What does our generation owe to generations yet unborn? ...there is an order in the universe which must be respected, and... the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Only in Christ can men and women find answers to the ultimate questions that trouble them. Only in Christ can they fully… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
An important day in a young person's life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Church's teaching on ownership diverges radically from collectivism as proclaimed by Marxism and "rigid" capitalism. The primacy of the person over… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The human person is a unique composite - a unity of spirit and matter, soul and body, fashioned in the image of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Motherhood implies from the beginning a special openness to the new person: and this is precisely the woman's 'part'. In this openness,… — 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
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