“ It was not enough that the Son of God should come down from the heavens and appear as the Son of Man, for then He would have been only a great teacher and a great example, but not a Redeemer. It was m… Fulton J. Sheen
“ There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to 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 danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Our Blessed Lord left the world without leaving any written message. His doctrine was Himself. Ideal and History were identified in Him. The truth that all other ethical teachers proclaimed, and the l… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Love is a vicarious principle. A mother suffers for and with her sick child, as a patriot suffers for his country. No wonder that the Son of Man visited this dark, sinful, wretched earth by becoming M… Fulton J. Sheen
“ In moments when fever, agony, and pain make it hard to pray, the suggestion of prayer that comes from merely holding the rosary - or better still, from caressing the Crucifix at the end of it - is tre… Fulton J. Sheen
“ When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be w… Fulton J. Sheen
“ The mystery of the Incarnation is very simply that of God’s asking a woman freely to give Him a human nature. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The melody of her life is played just as it was written. Mary was thought, conceived, and planned as the equal sign between ideal and history, thought and reality, hope and realization. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The greatest influence in writing was G. K. Chesterton who never used a useless word, who saw the value of a paradox, and avoided what was trite. Fulton J. Sheen
“ The Church knows too that to marry the present age and its spirit is to become a widow in the next. Fulton J. Sheen
“ Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends… Fulton J. Sheen
“ In the eleven months preceding the outbreak of World War II, 211 treaties of peace were signed. Were these treaties of peace written on paper, or were they written on the hearts of men? And we must as… Fulton J. Sheen
