See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of observation, tolerance, and selective intervention in life.
Pope John XXIII's quote suggests that one should observe the world in its entirety, understanding that not everything requires a response or correction. It encourages a mindset of acceptance and moderation, highlighting that while one should be aware of various situations, it is wise to overlook minor issues and focus only on essential corrections.
In practice
During a team meeting where various opinions are shared, one might say this quote to emphasize the importance of valuing diverse viewpoints while letting go of minor disagreements.
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.
Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.
To keep me from sin and straying from Him, God has used devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. My life vows destined to be spent in the light irradiating from the tabernacle, and it is to the Heart of Jesus that I dare go for the solution of all my problems
Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.
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.
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.
History by apprising them [the people] of the past will enable them to judge of the future. . . . It will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men: it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views.
I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?'
I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics, and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death so that we may also share their crowns of glory.
I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
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