10 quotes
head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963
“Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”
"... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul."
on Life
"Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas."
on Community
"The whole world is my family."
"The family is the first essential cell of human society."
on Family
"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father."
"If God created shadows it was to better emphasise the light."
on Spirituality
"See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little."
on Wisdom
"See everything: overlook a great deal: correct a little."
"The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone."
on Peace
