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.
FULTON J. SHEENPrayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
FULTON J. SHEENIt’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
FULTON J. SHEENJudge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.
FULTON J. SHEENFreedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought. The right to do whatever we please reduces freedom to a physical power and forgets that freedom is a moral power.
FULTON J. SHEENTo create the world cost God nothing; to save it from sin cost His Life Blood.
FULTON J. SHEENGod does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
FULTON J. SHEENMost commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.
FULTON J. SHEENI wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.
FULTON J. SHEENThe greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
FULTON J. SHEENWe are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.
FULTON J. SHEENSkeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.
FULTON J. SHEENHumility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
FULTON J. SHEENNo man discovers anything big if he does not make himself small.
FULTON J. SHEENThere is no other subject on which the average mind is so much confused as the subject of tolerance and intolerance… Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to principles. Intolerance applies only to principles, but never to persons.
FULTON J. SHEENYou must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.
FULTON J. SHEENIf we wish to have the light, we must keep the sun; if we wish to keep our forests we must keep our trees; if we wish to keep our perfumes, we must keep our flowers- and if we wish to keep our rights, then we must keep our God.
FULTON J. SHEEN