Pope John Xxiii Quotes
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~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
The whole world is my family.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not enter a strange house but their own.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
If God created shadows it was to better emphasize the light
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Nevertheless, in order to imbue civilization with sound principles and enliven it with the spirit of the gospel, it is not enough to be illumined with the gift of faith and enkindled with the desire of forwarding a good cause. For this end it is necessary to take an active part in the various organizations and influence them from within. And since our present age is one of outstanding scientific and technical progress and excellence, one will not be able to enter these organizations and work effectively from within unless he is scientifically competent, technically capable and skilled in the practice of his own profession.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
I am made to tremble and I fear!
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life goes gently to its end.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
The family is the first essential cell of human society.
~ Pope John XXIII Quote
