Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
FULTON J. SHEENSex has become one of the most discussed subjects of modern times. The Victorians pretended it did not exist; the moderns pretend nothing else exists.
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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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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 worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself.
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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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It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.
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Sex has become one of the most discussed subjects of modern times. The Victorians pretended it did not exist; the moderns pretend nothing else exists.
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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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We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.
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Believe the incredible and you can do the impossible.
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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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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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Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.
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The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
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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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A smile across the aisle of a bus in the morning could save a suicide later in the day.
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