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.
FULTON J. SHEENA 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.
FULTON J. SHEENCounsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
FULTON J. SHEENIt is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.
FULTON J. SHEENLife is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
FULTON J. SHEENThere is no word more “dangerous” than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new “unforgivable sin.”
FULTON J. SHEENThe greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
FULTON J. SHEENNo man discovers anything big if he does not make himself small.
FULTON J. SHEENNothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.
FULTON J. SHEENLiberty 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.
FULTON J. SHEENMoral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.
FULTON J. SHEENCivilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.
FULTON J. SHEENIt’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
FULTON J. SHEENAll badness is spoiled goodness. A bad apple is a good apple that became rotten. Because evil has no capital of its own, it is a parasite that feeds on goodness.
FULTON J. SHEENTo tell a woman who is forty, “You look like sixteen,” is boloney. The blarney way of saying it is “Tell me how old you are, I should like to know at what age women are the most beautiful.
FULTON J. SHEENEvil may have its hour, but God will have His day.
FULTON J. SHEENWe are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.
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