Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
FULTON J. SHEENBroadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.
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A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven – not excused or sublimated.
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Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.
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Sex has become one of the most discussed subjects of modern times. The Victorians pretended it did not exist; the moderns pretend nothing else exists.
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Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
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Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
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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 with the headache.
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Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.
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Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.
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God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
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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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Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.
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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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Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
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