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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...