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.
So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands.
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
People with intelligence must use their intelligence, people with eyes must use their eyes, people with the capacity to love have the impulse to love and the need to love in order to feel healthy. Capacities clamor to be used, and cease their clamor only when they are used sufficiently. That is to say, capacities are needs, and therefore are intrinsic values as well.
I didn't fight or shame my thoughts, I questioned them, and they stopped shaming me.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone.
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