The family is the first essential cell of human society.

Quote by Pope John XXIII

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

By the time you get life figured out, you don't have much of it left.

By the time you get life figured out, you don't have much of it left.

You must forgive in order to live.

You must forgive in order to live.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.

My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.