It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

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 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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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.

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.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

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...

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...

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...