Italian - Clergyman | November 25, 1881 - June 3, 1963
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Pope John XXIII
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Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
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Christ's flock is made up of sheep that not only listen to their shepherd, but are also able to recognize his voice, to follow him, faithfully and with full awareness, on the pastures of eternal life.
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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.
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The family is the first essential cell of human society.
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Christ's Church is, above all, the spiritual temple where every Christian knows he has his place: he knows he has it, and he is aware of his duty to keep it with honor, dignity, and grace.
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Christian life means sacrifice.
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Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.
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Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
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Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.
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Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good.
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The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.
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