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Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.

Pope John XXIII

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Pope John XXIII
Age: 81 †
Born: 1881
Born: November 25
Died: 1963
Died: June 3
Diplomat
Roman Catholic Priest
Sotto il Monte
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Angelo Roncalli
John 23
Pope John XXIII
Saint John XXIII
el `papa bo
Pope Saint John XXIII
papa Giovanni XXIII
santo Iohannes PP. XXIII
pape Jean XXIII
Johannes XXIII. Papst
Papa Juan XXIII
Littles
Little
Everything
Much
Correct
Listen
Forget

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The deposit of the faith is one thing... the way it is expressed is another.
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Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
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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.
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Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfullfilled potential.
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The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.
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The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.
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What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.
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Never Hesitate to hold out your hand never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.
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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.
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The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.
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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.
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The Rosary is a school for learning true Christian perfection.
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Anybody can be Pope the proof of this is that I have become one.
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Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.
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Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said.
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See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
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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.
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When I eat alone I feel like a seminarian being punished. I tried it for one week and I was not comfortable. Then I searched through Sacred Scripture for something saying I had to eat alone. I found nothing, so I gave it up and it's much better now.
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I am made to tremble and I fear!
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