Pope John XXIII

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

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

It often happens that I wake 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!

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

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.

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

See everything. Overlook a great deal. Improve a little.

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