Quotes from Pope John Paul II
War is a defeat for humanity.
- Pope John Paul II
None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
- Pope John Paul II
War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.
- Pope John Paul II
Our future on this planet, exposed as it is to nuclear annihilation, depends one one single factor: humanity must make a moral about-face.
- Pope John Paul II
Humanity looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and its destiny.
- Pope John Paul II
All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity.
- Pope John Paul II
The worst prison would be a closed heart.
- Pope John Paul II
From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
- Pope John Paul II
The best, the surest and the most effective way of establishing PEACE on the face of the earth is through the great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
- Pope John Paul II
Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.
- Pope John Paul II
There is no need to be dismayed if love sometimes follows torturous ways. Grace has the power to make straight the paths of human love.
- Pope John Paul II
Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.
- Pope John Paul II