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

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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The family is the first essential cell of human society.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

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,...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...