WIST

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

Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) Pontiff (1958-63) [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli]
(Attributed)

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think of a serious problem and decide that I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope. 

Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) Pontiff (1958-63) [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli]
(Attributed)

Quoted in "Thoughts on the Business of Life," Forbes (29 Dec 1997)

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 I am the Pope.

Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) Pontiff (1958-63) [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli]
(Attributed)

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.

Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) Pontiff (1958-63) [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli]
Journal of a Soul (1903)