Pope John XXIII Quotes

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• Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

  Pope John XXIII

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Whoever has a heart full of love always has something to give.

  Pope John XXIII

  Heart, Giving, Heart Full Of Love

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• What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.

  Pope John XXIII

  Divides, Greater

  "Paul McCartney signs letter urging Scotland to stick with UK" by Laura Smith-Spark, www.cnn.com. September 2, 2014.

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• I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.

  Pope John XXIII

  People, Church, Want

  "The Guardian profile: Mel Gibson" by Dan Glaister, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2004.

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• Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.

  Pope John XXIII

  Catholic, Leaving, Rough Times

  Pope John XXIII (1967). “An invitation to hope”

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• Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

  Pope John XXIII

  Prayer, Mind, Matter

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• Never Hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.

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  Hands, Accepting

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• I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

  Pope John XXIII

  Jesus, Mercy, Live By

  Pope John XXIII, (2000). “Journal of a Soul”, p.307, A&C Black

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

  Pope John XXIII

  Life, Littles, Wise Words

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

  Pope John XXIII

  Love, Peace, Men

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• 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.

  Pope John XXIII

  Funny, Humor, Night

  Quoted in Forbes, 14 May 1990

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• To keep me from sin and straying from Him, God has used devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. My life vows destined to be spent in the light irradiating from the tabernacle, and it is to the Heart of Jesus that I dare go for the solution of all my problems

  Pope John XXIII

  Jesus, Blessed, Heart

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• Before everything else, fidelity to the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. Jesus did not found several churches, but one single Church.

  Pope John XXIII

  Jesus, Catholic, Church

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

  Pope John XXIII

  Pope, Proof

  Henri Fesquet Wit and Wisdom of Good Pope John (1964) p. 112

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• O Jesus, come back into our society, our family life, our souls and reign there as our peaceful Sovereign. Enlighten with the splendor of faith and the charity of Your tender heart the souls of those who work for the good of the people, for Your poor. Impart to them Your own spirit, a spirit of discipline, order and gentleness, preserving the flame of enthusiasm ever alight in their hearts... May that day come very soon, when we shall see You restored to the center of civic life, borne on the shoulders of Your joyful people.

  Pope John XXIII

  Faith, Jesus, Inspiration

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• Justice comes before charity.

  Pope John XXIII

  Justice, Charity, Catholicism

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• If God created shadows it was to better emphasise the light.

  Pope John XXIII

  Light, Shadow, Ifs

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• The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.

  Pope John XXIII

  Christian, Prayer, Church

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• Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams.

  Pope John XXIII

  Inspiring, Dream, Hope

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

  Pope John XXIII

  Birthday, Drinking, Wine

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• The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.

  Pope John XXIII

  Christian, School, Perfection

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• O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I would like to be filled with love for You; keep me closely united with You, may my heart be near to Yours. I want to be to You like the apostle John. O Mary of the Rosary, keep me recollected when I say these prayers of yours; bind me forever, with your rosary, to Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament. Blessed be Jesus, my love.

  Pope John XXIII

  Jesus, Prayer, Blessed

  Pope John XXIII, (2000). “Journal of a Soul”, p.50, A&C Black

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• ... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.

  Pope John XXIII

  Reading, Soul, Body

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• The solidarity which binds all men together as members of a common family makes it impossible for wealthy nations to look with indifference upon the hunger, misery and poverty of other nations whose citizens are unable to enjoy even elementary human rights. The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.

  Pope John XXIII

  Peace, Men, Ubuntu

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• Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as if a wave of precious memories, sweet affections and joyful hopes swept over my poor person, making me tremble with happiness and filling my soul with tenderness.

  Pope John XXIII

  Sweet, Jesus, Memories

  "Journal of a Soul".

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