“ As in Eden there took place the first espousals of man and woman, so, in her, there took place the first espousals of God and man, eternity and time, omnipotence and bonds. In Fulton J. Sheen
“ As all men are touched by God’s love, so all are also touched by the desire for His intimacy. No one escapes this longing; we are all kings in exile, miserable without the Infinite. Those who reject t… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Another evidence of this same disrespect for rational foundations is the general readiness of the modern mind to accept a statement because of the literary way in which it is couched, or because of th… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Animals never have recourse to law courts, because they have no will to love; but man, having reason, feels the need of justifying his irrational behavior when he does wrong. Fulton J. Sheen
“ A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The modern world has rejected for the last three hundred years (after believing in it for the first sixteen hundred years), namely, the virgin birth of Jesus from His Mother, Mary, who is a virgin. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Religious leaders have agreed not to disagree and those beliefs for which some of our ancestors would have died they have melted into a spineless Humanism. Fulton J. Sheen
“ [A] young husband with an unfaithful wife, who is consecrated and dedicated to continence, eats daily of the Bread of Life so that the bride may one day return to both the home and the faith. Fulton J. Sheen
“ You can justify your refusal to come to God because of scandals. So did the soldiers. It was an awful scandal that Christ the Son of God should swing impotent from a peg. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Two principles inspire much of the personal and social dealings of many a citizen in our land: What can I get out of it? and Can I get away with it? Evil is confused with good, and good is confused wi… Fulton J. Sheen
“ To love what is below the human is degradation; to love what is human for the sake of the human is mediocrity; to love the human for the sake of the Divine is enriching; to love the Divine for its own… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Thus He did at a marriage feast what He would not do in a desert; He worked in the full gaze of men what He had refused to do before Satan. Satan asked Him to turn stones into bread in order that He m… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Those who do not yet love one another deeply have need of words; those who deeply love thrive on silences. Fulton J. Sheen
“ These are but a few specimens of philosophy which is no longer conscious of its own intrinsic worth, and which sees no higher mission in life for itself than applying the categories of the material to… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Their mockery is something like we hear today. Germany prays to God; America prays to God; England prays to God: On whose side is God? The implication being that God must necessarily be a geographical… Fulton J. Sheen
“ The very fact that a man or a woman seeks a new partner is a proof that there never was any love at all, for though sex is replaceable, love is not. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The soul cannot be seen in a biological laboratory, any more than pain can be seen on an operating table. Fulton J. Sheen
“ She satisfies my ideal. Every person carries within his heart a blueprint of the one he loves; what appears to be love at first sight is often the fulfillment of a desire and the realization of a drea… Fulton J. Sheen
“ She existed in the Divine Mind as an Eternal Thought before there were any mothers. She is the Mother of mothers—she is the world’s first love. Fulton J. Sheen
