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.
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.
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The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, and in that order.
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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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All worry is atheism, because it is a want of trust in God.
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Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.
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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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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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It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.
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I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.
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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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All 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.
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Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one’s own.
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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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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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