70 Quotes by Pope John XXIII

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

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

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

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.

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

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.