“ All love on this earth involves choice. When, for example, a young man expresses his love to a young woman and asks her to become his wife, he is not just making an affirmation of love; he is also neg… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Two world wars in twenty-one years, and the universal dread of nuclear incineration. This time God has given us John Paul II, Fulton J. Sheen
“ The very permanence of marriage is destructive of those fleeting infatuations, which are born with the moment and die with it; it destroys selfishness, furthermore, because the mutual love of husband… Fulton J. Sheen
“ The right to self-preservation could become egotism, and the power of generation could become license, Fulton J. Sheen
“ You are not the worst girl in the city of New York; the worst girl in the city of New York says that she is the best girl in the city of New York. She did not understand the paradox. Fulton J. Sheen
“ There has been no single influence which has done more to prevent man from finding God and rebuilding his character, has done more to lower the moral tone of society than the denial of personal guilt.… Fulton J. Sheen
“ The ungodly like religion in the same way that they like lions, either dead or behind bars; Fulton J. Sheen
“ THOSE who start with the pagan philosophy of sex must face life as a descent. Associated with a growing old, there is a loss of physical energy and the horrible perspective of death. The Christian phi… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Physical experience is the translation of phenomena into symbolic language, and the law is the creation of the wind or a symbol. Fulton J. Sheen
“ It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it. Fulton J. Sheen
“ For if we understood or said that colour is not in a coloured body, or that it is separated from it, there would be error in this opinion or assertion. But if we consider colour and its properties, wi… Fulton J. Sheen
“ As Eden was the Paradise of Creation, Mary is the Paradise of the Incarnation, and in her as a Garden were celebrated the first nuptials of God and man. Fulton J. Sheen
“ God has given different gifts for different people. There is no basis for feeling inferior to another who has a different gift. Once it is realised that we shall be judged by the gift we have received… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Libido, or concupiscence, a tending toward certain things in defiance of rational restraint. Fulton J. Sheen
“ You have heard that it has been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other: and if a… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Say to yourself over and over again regardless of what happens: God loves me! And then add: And I will try to love Him! Fulton J. Sheen
“ One can yearn for another after knowing flesh unity, but it is impossible to yearn for another after soul unity. Fulton J. Sheen
