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

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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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...

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...

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...

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

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 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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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,...

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of...

No vice is so bad as advice

No vice is so bad as advice

Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage

Of two cowards, the one who finds the other out first has the advantage

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of...

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of...