"It is not wrong to want to live……" — Pope John Paul II
"It is not wrong to want to live better; what is wrong is a style of life which is presumed to be better when it is directed towards 'having' rather than 'being,' and which wants to have more, not in order to be more but in order to spend life in enjoyment as an end in itself."
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Pope John Paul II
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431 Quotes by Pope John Paul II
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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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