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.

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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

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

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly...

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly...

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life...

I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life...

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

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

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness...

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness...

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.

If God created shadows, it was to better emphasize the light.

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the...

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the...

We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not...

We ardently desire their return to the house of the common Father they will not...

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most...

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most...

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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

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

Listen with your ears, look with your eyes, but keep silent with your mouth.

Listen with your ears, look with your eyes, but keep silent with your mouth.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.

The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.