- The future starts today, not tomorrow.
- As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
- Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
- An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
- Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.
- Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
- Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
- Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
- Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
- I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
- Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.
11 quotes from Pope John Paul II
Interesting quotes by Pope John Paul II