Fulton J. Sheen Quotes

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• Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a…
• So long as there are poor, - I am poor, - So long as there are prisons, - I am a prisoner, - So long…
• Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.
• Each of us comes into life with fists closed, set for aggressiveness and acquisition. But when we abandon life our hands are open; there is…
• Today (1950), the hatred of the Moslem countries against the West is becoming hatred against Christianity itself. Although the statesmen have not yet taken it…
• Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with…
• The mark of the Christian is the willingness to look for the Divine in the flesh of a babe in a crib, the continuing Christ…
• As a man must be born before he can begin to lead his physical life, so he must be born to lead a Divine Life.…
• The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
• When I stand up to talk, people listen to me; they will follow what I have to say. Is it any power of mine? Of…
• All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity…
• By a beautiful paradox of Divine love, God makes His Cross the very means of our salvation and our life. We have slain Him; we…
• Live each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are…
• God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
• Every man rejoices twice when he has a partner in his joy. He who shares tears with us wipes them away. He divides them in…
• Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
• Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only…
• Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.
• Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.
• The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make amends for the…

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