All love craves unity. Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes From Fulton J. Sheen Evil may have its hour, but God will have His day. Fulton J. Sheen hours evil may Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking. Fulton J. Sheen same-mistakes mistake talking Live each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. So climb slowly, enjoying each passing moment; and then the view from the summit will serve a more rewarding climax for your journey. Fulton J. Sheen motivational beautiful life Evil is thus a kind of parasite on goodness. If there were no good by which to measure things, evil could not exist. Men sometimes forget this, and say, there is so much evil in the world that there cannot be a God. They are forgetting that, if there were no God, they would have no way of distinguishing evil from goodness. The very concept of evil admits and recognizes a Standard, a Whole, a Rule, an Order. Nobody would say that his automobile was out of order if he did not have a conception of how an automobile ought to run. Fulton J. Sheen running men order If I were not a Catholic, and were looking for the true Church in the world today, I would look for the one Church which did not get along well with the world; in other words, I would look for the Church which the world hated. Fulton J. Sheen catholic church today There is no other subject on which the average mind is so much confused as the subject of tolerance and intolerance... Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to principles. Intolerance applies only to principles, but never to persons. Fulton J. Sheen tolerance confused average Many souls fail to find God because they want a religion which will remake society without remaking themselves. Fulton J. Sheen soul want religion Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who has failed-man who has forgotten God. Hence no manner of economic or political readjustment can possibly save our civilization; we can be saved only by a renovation of the inner man, only by a purging of our hearts and souls; for only by seeking first the Kingdom of God and His Justice will all these other things be added unto us. Fulton J. Sheen heart men civilization 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. Fulton J. Sheen wall self thinking Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find. Fulton J. Sheen hiding christian-inspirational men 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. Sheen catholic want may The fact the enemies of God must face is that modern civilization has conquered the world, but in doing so has lost its soul. And in losing its soul it will lose the very world it gained. Even our own so-called Liberal culture in these United States which has tried to avoid complete secularization by leaving little zones of individual freedom is in danger of forgetting that these zones were preserved only because religion was in their soul. And as religion fades so will freedom, for only where the spirit of God is, is there liberty. Fulton J. Sheen leaving soul civilization Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure it gives-that is the way the world judges it-but the joy and peace it can purchase for others. Fulton J. Sheen selfish keys love-is 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. Fulton J. Sheen rotten apples evil Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul. Fulton J. Sheen pride humility humble Believe the incredible and you can do the impossible. Fulton J. Sheen inspiration faith believe It is a characteristic of any decaying civilization that the great masses of the people are unconscious of the tragedy. Humanity in a crisis is generally insensitive to the gravity of the times in which it lives. Men do not want to believe their own times are wicked, partly because it involves too much self-accusation and principally because they have no standards outside of themselves by which to measure their times. Fulton J. Sheen self men believe 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'! Fulton J. Sheen morning-inspirational good-morning two 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. Fulton J. Sheen sorrow helping joy The Rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men. Fulton J. Sheen faith drama book
