Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
FULTON J. SHEENModern man has so long preached a doctrine of false tolerance; he has so long believed that right and wrong were only differences in a point of view, that now when evil works itself out in practice he is paralyzed to do anything against it.
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Many souls fail to find God because they want a religion which will remake society without remaking themselves.
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It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.
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There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God,’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning’!
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We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.
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Liberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self-denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging responsibility for our deeds.
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There is no word more “dangerous” than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new “unforgivable sin.”
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Love was meant to be also a sign, a symbol, a messenger, a telltale of the Divine. Love is a messenger from God saying that every human affection and every ecstasy of love are sparks from the great flame of love that is God.
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Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one’s own.
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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.
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If you do not live out your faith enthusiastically, maybe you don’t have any faith.
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There are angels near you to guide you and protect you, if you would but invoke them. It is not later than we think, it is a bigger world than we think.
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If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.
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When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!
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Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is “timing” it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.
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