Pope John XXIII Quotes

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of t...

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.

See everything: overlook a great deal: correct a little.

The whole world is my family.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose th...

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about ...

If God created shadows it was to better emphasise the light.

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

You must know that it is by the state of the lavatory that a family is judged.