Zitate von Johannes XXIII.

„Nur für heute werde ich große Sorgfalt in mein Auftreten legen: vornehm in meinem Verhalten; ich werde niemand kritisieren, ja ich werde nicht danach streben, die anderen zu korrigieren oder zu verbessern - nur mich selbst.“

—  Johannes XXIII.

Die Zehn Gebote der Gelassenheit, 2.

„Nur für heute werde ich in der Gewißheit glücklich sein, daß ich für das Glück geschaffen bin - nicht für die andere, sondern auch für diese Welt.“

—  Johannes XXIII.

Die Zehn Gebote der Gelassenheit, 3.

„From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues.“

—  Pope John XXIII

Journal of a Soul (1903)
Kontext: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.

„We are not on earth as museum keepers, but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future. The Pope is dead. Long live the Pope!“

—  Pope John XXIII

Journal entry on the day Pope Pius XII died (9 October 1958); published in Journal of a Soul (1965)
Kontext: One of my favorite phrases that brings me great comfort: We are not on earth as museum keepers, but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future. The Pope is dead. Long live the Pope!

„God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances.“

—  Pope John XXIII

Journal of a Soul (1903)
Kontext: From the saints I must take the substance, not the accidents of their virtues. I am not St. Aloysius, nor must I seek holiness in his particular way, but according to the requirements of my own nature, my own character and the different conditions of my life. I must not be the dry, bloodless reproduction of a model, however perfect. God desires us to follow the examples of the saints by absorbing the vital sap of their virtues and turning it into our own life-blood, adapting it to our own individual capacities and particular circumstances. If St. Aloysius had been as I am, he would have become holy in a different way.

„[Peace must be] founded on truth, built according to justice, vivified and integrated by charity, and put into practice in freedom.“

—  Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris

Pacem in Terris (11 April 1963), ¶ 167
Original: (la) [Pacem esse] dicimus in veritate positam, ad iustitiae praecepta constitutam, caritate altam et expletam, libertate postremo auspice effectam.

„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