An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II Quotes

Polish - Saint May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005

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Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church. Pope John Paul II

Anniversary, Gift, Which

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence. Pope John Paul II

Courage, Harm, Very

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. - Pope John Paul II

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. Pope John Paul II

More, Excuse, Guarded

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. - Pope John Paul II

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Pope John Paul II

Freedom, Doing, Having

The future starts today, not tomorrow. - Pope John Paul II

The future starts today, not tomorrow. Pope John Paul II

Future, Today, Tomorrow

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. - Pope John Paul II

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. Pope John Paul II

Stupidity, Gift, Also

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. Pope John Paul II

Social Justice, Social

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. - Pope John Paul II

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. Pope John Paul II

World, Nation, Which

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate. Pope John Paul II

Love, Anniversary, Principle

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others. Pope John Paul II

Way, Maintain, Each

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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society. Pope John Paul II

Freedom, Law, Voice

Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery. Pope John Paul II

Freedom, Today, Dominion

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Pope John Paul II

Science, Religion, Idolatry

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. Pope John Paul II

Now, Survive, Through

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire. Pope John Paul II

Desire, Natural, Inclination

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. Pope John Paul II

Through, Political Leaders

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. Pope John Paul II

Song, Easter, Abandon

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish. Pope John Paul II

Family, Pleasure, Fact

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. Pope John Paul II

Home, Hands, Placed

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. Pope John Paul II

Expression, Christ, Keeping

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it. Pope John Paul II

Pain, Question, Always

I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. Pope John Paul II

Music, Song, Sweet Tooth

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency. Pope John Paul II

Necessities, Sadly

There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best. Pope John Paul II

Say, Like, Them

War is a defeat for humanity. Pope John Paul II

War, Humanity, Defeat

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. Pope John Paul II

Prove, Resolve, Which

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