Pope John Paul II was born as Karol Józef Wojtyła on 18 May 1920.
He was Pope from 16 October 1978 to his death in 2005. He was the second longest-serving pope in history.
Pope John Paul II is also called as Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great
Pope John Paul II made history in 1978 by becoming the first non-Italian pope in more than 400 years.
He was died on 2 April 2005.
John Paul II was one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. He is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe.
John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church’s relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate.
Read below the inspiring Quotes of Pope John Paul II.
The future starts today, not tomorrow.
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
Know what you are talking about.
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.
I plead with you–never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.
The worst prison would be a closed heart.
Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace…Peace will be the last word of history.
It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman.
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remains standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.
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.
Limitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
Man cannot remain with no way out.
Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
War is a defeat for humanity.
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