Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
FULTON J. SHEENNever 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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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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I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.
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Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
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Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.
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Believe the incredible and you can do the impossible.
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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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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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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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Freedom 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.
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Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
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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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Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.
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If you do not live out your faith enthusiastically, maybe you don’t have any faith.
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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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God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
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