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

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...