The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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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 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...

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...