Polish - Saint | May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
Pope John Paul II
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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.
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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.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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The future starts today, not tomorrow.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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