Souls generally do not fall away from Christ because of the Creed; they first have difficulty with the Commandments.
FULTON J. SHEENCivilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
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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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No man discovers anything big if he does not make himself small.
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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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Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.
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If you do not live out your faith enthusiastically, maybe you don’t have any faith.
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If 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.
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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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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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Each of us comes into life with fists closed, set for aggressiveness and acquisition. But when we abandon life our hands are open; there is nothing on earth that we need, nothing the soul can take with it.
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Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.
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Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
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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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How could science be an enemy of religion when God commanded man to be a scientist the day He told him to rule the earth and subject it?
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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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