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

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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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...

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...

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.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

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...

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 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...