Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don’t like to open a letter that has bad news.
FULTON J. SHEENFreedom that ignores the transcendent difference between good and evil ends in the denial of freedom itself.
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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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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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Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.
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Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man.
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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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It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.
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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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Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.
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Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.
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All worry is atheism, because it is a want of trust in God.
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There is no word more “dangerous” than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new “unforgivable sin.”
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Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.
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Every moment comes to you pregnant with divine purpose. Once it leaves your hands and your power to do with it as you please, it plunges into eternity, to remain forever what you made it.
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We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.
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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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