“Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss -- loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us.”
Source: Finding Peace
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Source: Evolution (2002), Chapter 10 “The Crowded Land” section II (p. 308)

Message for the celebration of XXXIII World Day of Peace, 8 December 1999
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/peace/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_08121999_xxxiii-world-day-for-peace_en.html

Wheaton, Illinois http://www.kidbrothers.net/words/concert-transcripts/wheaton-illinois-sep1590-backup-copy.html (September 15, 1990)
In Concert

“As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.”
Variant: As long as there is love and memory, there is no true death,” he said. He
Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“A loss doesn’t turn into a lesson unless we work hard to make it so.”
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