"You are priests, not social or political leaders.……" — Pope John Paul II
"You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems."
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431 Quotes by Pope John Paul II
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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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Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.
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When in comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises…
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The reproaches against science for not having yet solved the problems of the universe are exaggerated in an unjust and…
— Sigmund Freud
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Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep…
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Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses…
— Franz Boas
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An author, like any other so-called artist, is a man in whom the normal vanity of all men is so…
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I know I exaggerated things, now I got it like that. Tuck my napkin in my shirt cause I'm just…
— Drake
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The truth is that the scientific value of Polar exploration is greatly exaggerated. The thing that takes men on such…
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My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not…
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