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

Quote by Pope John XXIII

Topics: God Quotes, Inspirational Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...