"The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires."
- John Paul II
"On one hand the eternal attraction of man towards femininity (cf. Gn. 2:23) frees in him-or perhaps it should free-a gamut of spiritual-corporal desires of an especially personal and "sharing" nature ..."
"The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires."
"No one else can want for me. No one can substitute his act of will for mine. It does sometimes happen that someone very much wants me to want what he wants. This is the moment when the impassable fron..."
"It must not be forgotten that reason too needs to be sustained in all its searching by trusting dialogue and sincere friendship. A climate of suspicion and distrust, which can beset speculative resear..."
"Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth."
"In suffocating the voice of conscience, passion carries with itself a restlessness of the body and the senses: it is the restlessness of the "external man." When the internal man has been reduced to s..."
"Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is..."
"Love consists of a commitment which limits one's freedom - it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one's freedom on behalf of another."
"...if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it."