“ So when God pulls down the curtain on the drama of the world’s redemption, He will not ask what part we played, but only how well we played the role assigned to us. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Shakespeare himself spoke of Heaven using wars as a punishment for perversities, lusts and passive barbarianism: If that the heavens do not their visible spirits Send quickly down to calm these vile o… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Philosophy, like science, is only a collection of hypotheses, introduced for the usefulness of the ensemble, or for economy of thought. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Let no one think he can be totally indifferent to God in this life and suddenly develop a capacity for Him at the moment of death. Fulton J. Sheen
“ It will not start with the order in the universe alluding to the existence of a Creator of the cosmos; it will start with the disorder inside of man himself. Fulton J. Sheen
“ In a like manner, as soon as we know the meaning of being and the meaning of nonbeing, we know that a thing cannot be and not be at one and the same time, and under the same formal consideration. Fulton J. Sheen
“ George Bernard Shaw once said, It is a pity that youth has been wasted on the young. The contrary is true. It is no secret at all that the Good Lord knew that it was better to put the illusions of lif… Fulton J. Sheen
“ For love concentrates on the object, sex concentrates on the subject. Love is directed to someone else for the sake of the other’s perfection; sex is directed to self for the sake of self-satisfaction… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Even in the realm of pure mathematics, the mathematician may use any set of symbols he desires within any given region of space-time; he may even go so far as to maintain that any one set of symbols f… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Character is to some extent judged by what a man does with his falls. A pig falls into the mud and stays there; a sheep falls in and climbs out. Fulton J. Sheen
“ An interesting parallel can be drawn between Peter and Judas. There are some similarities, and yet such tremendous differences. First, Our Lord called them both devils. He called Peter Satan when he r… Fulton J. Sheen
“ A word of caution, then, is necessary when a statement is made by a scientist turned philosopher, just as a word of caution is necessary when a statement is made by a philosopher turned scientist, or… Fulton J. Sheen
“ We suffer from hunger of the spirit while much of the world is suffering from hunger of the body. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The sadness it feels in attaining any happiness less than the infinite—all these constitute the mating call of God to the soul. Fulton J. Sheen
“ A love without satiety an ecstasy without an end, a surrender to the beloved— God—without ever falling back on egotistic loneliness. Marriage and celibacy are not contraries Fulton J. Sheen
“ Why is it that the lover of horror cannot stand the sight of the crucifix? Why is it that the fanatics of murder stories are so cold to the story of the world’s greatest sacrifice? The answer is that,… Fulton J. Sheen
“ When a soul in sin, under the impetus of grace, turns to God, there is penance; but when a soul in sin refuses to change, God sends chastisement. This chastisement need not be external, and certainly… Fulton J. Sheen
