“ The Christian law is that the higher we go, the lower we are to become. Our Blessed Lord said, Let the greatest among you be as the least. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who has failed-man who has forgotten God. Hence no manner of economic or political readj… Fulton J. Sheen
“ In vain will the world seek for equality until it has seen all men through the eyes of faith. Faith teaches that all men, however poor, or ignorant, or crippled, however maimed, ugly, or degraded they… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Divinely wise souls often infuriate the worldly-wise because they always see things from the Divine point of view. The worldly are willing to let anyone believe in God if he pleases, but only on condi… Fulton J. Sheen
“ When the deity of the other is deflated, either because it is exhausted or because one becomes accustomed to living with a god or a goddess, there is a terrific sense of ennui and boredom. Fulton J. Sheen
“ When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown! Fulton J. Sheen
“ What is the difference between work and play? and he answers: Work has a purpose, play has none, but there must be time in life for purposeless things, even foolishness. Fulton J. Sheen
“ We are living in perilous times when the hearts and souls of men are sorely tried. Never before has the future been so utterly unpredictable; we are not so much in a period of transition with belief i… Fulton J. Sheen
“ There are ultimately only two possible adjustments in life: one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our lives. If we do not live as we think, we soon begin to think… Fulton J. Sheen
“ The method of adjusting moral principles to the way men live is just such a perversion of the due order of things. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The lover of God never knows the words too much. Those who accuse others of loving God or religion too much really do not love God at all, nor do they know the meaning of love. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The hardest thing to find in the world today is an argument. Because so few are thinking, naturally there are found but few to argue. Prejudice there is in abundance and sentiment too, for these thing… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Sin is self-mutilation, the destruction of personality — when it takes the form of pride, it crowns Goodness with thorns; when it takes the form of dishonesty, it nails hands to a Cross; when it takes… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Sanctity means separation from the spirit of the world, with immersion in the activity of the world. Saints would be in the world, not of it; they would have no public relation boosters to publicize t… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Politics has become so all-possessive of life, that by impertinence it thinks the only philosophy a person can hold is the right or the left. This question puts out all the lights of religion so they… Fulton J. Sheen
“ One will never find a professor who denies freedom of the will who does not also have something in his life for which he wishes to shake off responsibility. Fulton J. Sheen
“ One of the psychological reasons why decent people shrink from vulgar sex discussion is because by its very nature it is not a communicable kind of knowledge... It is too sacred to be profaned. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Humility does not mean a submissiveness, a passiveness, a willingness to be walked on, or a desire to live in the doghouse. Humility is a virtue by which we recognize ourselves as we really are, not a… Fulton J. Sheen
