"I kiss the soil as if I placed……" — Pope John Paul II
"I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment."
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431 Quotes by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II has 431 quotes on this site.
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Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
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Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as…
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We can pray perfectly when we are out in the mountains or on a lake and we feel at one…
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war...
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Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of the family, is a great service to humanity.
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The greatness of work is inside man.
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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of…
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It's too early for a Polish pope.
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Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum!
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It's better to cry than be angry, because anger hurts others while tears flow silently through the soul and cleans…
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Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle.
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I hope that this form of Adoration, with permanent exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, will continue into the future. Specifically,…
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Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human…
— Joan D. Chittister
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What every man who loves his country hopes for in his inmost heart: the suppression of half his compatriots.
— Emile M. Cioran
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It's probably your fiercest critics - not your compatriots - who have the sharpest, most resonant insights.
— Umair Haque
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An outdated view still prevails that a low-carbon lifestyle requires immense personal suffering and sacrifice. In my view, nothing could…
— Mark Lynas
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What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people’s constructions of what they and their compatriots…
— Clifford Geertz
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The free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his…
— Milton Friedman
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Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but…
— Mancur Olson
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Hong Kong compatriots will surely display great love for the motherland and for Hong Kong and take it as their…
— Jiang Zemin
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The war, as I felt it and a lot of my compatriots felt it, was a creative act.
— Lawrence Halprin
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In all my life and in the future, I will always be a faithful and loyal servant to all of…
— Norodom Sihamoni
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I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering.
— Norodom Sihamoni
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Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on…
— Nelson Mandela
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