More quotes by Pope John Paul II

"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song."
"The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion."
"I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing."
"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."
"The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires."