"You are not who they say you are. Let me remind you who you are."
- Pope John Paul II during his 1st visit to then Communist Poland
 
"When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what it means to be a mature person, look to Christ, who is the fullness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world look to Christ."
- Pope John Paul II, to the youth of New York, 1979

"Be not afraid," because "each of us is the result of a thought of God, each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary".
- Pope Benedict XVI

"To Poland, the Church brought Christ, the key to understanding the great and fundamental reality that is man…Christ cannot be excluded from human history in any part of the globe, from any latitude or longitude of the earth. Excluding Christ from human history is a sin against humanity."
- Pope John Paul II, during his first visit to Poland as Pope

"We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father's love for us..." 
- Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day 2002