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1 " Chastity by no means signifies rejection of human sexuality or lack of esteem for it: rather it signifies spiritual energy capable of defending love from the perils of selfishness and aggressiveness, and able to advance it towards its full realization. "
― Pope John Paul II , On the Family
2 " Knowledge must then lead to education in self-control. "
3 " Every act of true love towards a human being bears witness to and perfects the spiritual fecundity of the family, since it is an act of obedience to the deep inner dynamism of love as self-giving to others. "
4 " This shows that history is not simply a fixed progression towards what is better, but rather anevent of freedom, and even a struggle between freedoms that are in mutual conflict, that is,according to the well-known expression of St. Augustine, a conflict between two loves: the love ofGod to the point of disregarding self, and the love of self to the point of disregarding God. "
5 " This shows that history is not simply a fixed progression towards what is better, but rather an event of freedom, and even a struggle between freedoms that are in mutual conflict, that is, according to the well-known expression of St. Augustine, a conflict between two loves: the love of God to the point of disregarding self, and the love of self to the point of disregarding God "
