Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness. Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes From Fulton J. Sheen All love craves unity. As the highest peak of love in the human order is the unity of husband and wife in the flesh, so the highest unity in the Divine order is the unity of the soul and Christ in communion. Fulton J. Sheen divine-order wife husband A woman never tells you why she loves; she just tells you how she loves. Fulton J. Sheen All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity is best nourished before the Eucharist. The most brilliant ideas come from meeting God face to face. The Holy Spirit that presided at the Incarnation is the best atmosphere for illumination. Pope John Paul II keeps a small desk or writing pad near him whenever he is in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament; and I have done this all my life - I am sure for the same reason he does, because a lover always works better when the beloved is with him. Fulton J. Sheen creativity blessed writing Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. Fulton J. Sheen mirrors kind people A democracy flirts with the danger of becoming a slave in direct ratio to the numbers of its citizens who work, but do not own / or who own, but do not work; or who distribute, as politicians do, but do not produce. The danger of the "slave state" disappears in ratio to the numbers of people who own property and admit its attendant responsibilities under God. They can call their souls their own because they own and administer something other than their souls. Thus they are free. Fulton J. Sheen flirting responsibility wisdom 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. Fulton J. Sheen noble ifs If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave. Fulton J. Sheen inspirational character believe No man hates God without first hating himself. Fulton J. Sheen hate god men To fall in love means to fall into something... And that something is responsibility. Fulton J. Sheen falling-in-love responsibility mean Satan stations more devils on monastery walls than in the dens of iniquity, for the latter offer no resistance. Fulton J. Sheen resistance devil wall Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. Fulton J. Sheen competition pride fear Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only when you let it move you. The supernatural order supposes the freedom of the natural order, but it does not destroy it. Fulton J. Sheen grace order moving The mark of the Christian is the willingness to look for the Divine in the flesh of a babe in a crib, the continuing Christ under the appearance of bread on an altar, and a meditation and a prayer on a string of beads Fulton J. Sheen meditation prayer christian Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed. Fulton J. Sheen receptive receiving The world may disagree with the Church, but the world knows very definitely with what it is disagreeing. In the future as in the past, the Church will be intolerant about the sanctity of marriage, for what God has joined together no man shall put asunder; she will be intolerant about her creed, and be ready to die for it, for she fears not those who kill the body, but rather those who have the power to cast body and soul into hell. Fulton J. Sheen soul men past Nothing can do men of good will more harm than apparent compromises with parties that subscribe to antimoral and antidemocratic and anti-God forces. We must have the courage to detach our support from men who are doing evil. We must bear them no hatred, but we must break with them. Fulton J. Sheen party wisdom men Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good reminders that the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life is to attain to perfect life, all truth and undying ecstatic love - which is the definition of God. In pursuing that goal we find happiness. Pleasure is not the purpose of anything; pleasure is a by-product resulting from doing something that is good. One of the best ways to get happiness and pleasure out of life is to ask ourselves, 'How can I please God?' and, 'Why am I not better?' It is the pleasure-seeker who is bored, for all pleasures diminish with repetition. Fulton J. Sheen giving-up practice perfect Because God is full of life, I imagine each morning Almighty God says to the sun, "Do it again"; and every evening to the moon and the stars, "Do it again"; and every springtime to the daisies, "Do it again"; and every time a child is born into the world asking for curtain call, that the heart of the God might once more ring out in the heart of the babe. Fulton J. Sheen stars morning children If you wish to convert anyone to the fullness of the knowledge of Our Lord and of His Mystical Body, then teach him the Rosary. One of two things will happen. Either he will stop saying the Rosary - or he will get the gift of faith. Fulton J. Sheen christian wish two Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it. Fulton J. Sheen humor love funny
