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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

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...

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.

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that...

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that...

To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand,...

To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand,...

One who does not act in accordance to the deep voice of his inner conscience...

One who does not act in accordance to the deep voice of his inner conscience...