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

- Pope John Xxiii

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

- Pope John Xxiii

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not …

- Pope John Xxiii

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 complete…

- Pope John Xxiii

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

- Pope John Xxiii

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

- Pope John Xxiii

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

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

- Pope John Xxiii

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

- Pope John Xxiii