Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness.
FULTON J. SHEENNo man discovers anything big if he does not make himself small.
More Fulton J. Sheen Quotes
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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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The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving.
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A smile across the aisle of a bus in the morning could save a suicide later in the day.
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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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Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.
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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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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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Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.
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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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No man discovers anything big if he does not make himself small.
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The old liberal rebelled against taxation without responsibility, the new liberal wants the taxation as a handout without responsibility.
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Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
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Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.
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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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Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
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