Temptation is not a sin but playing with temptation invites sin. Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes From Fulton J. Sheen There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze. . . Such a philosophy undercuts all human dignity. . . All of us have the power of choice in action at every moment of our lives. Fulton J. Sheen choices exercise philosophy If you do not live out your faith enthusiastically, maybe you don't have any faith. Fulton J. Sheen ifs The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death of Christ. Every other approach is a waste. Fulton J. Sheen life-and-death winning people To create the world cost God nothing; to save it from sin cost His Life Blood. Fulton J. Sheen cost blood world The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was called to till the earth, to "rule over the earth"; woman to be the bearer of a life that comes from God. Fulton J. Sheen sacrifice sympathy men The pacifist thinks that the alternative to war is peace; it is not. Sometimes the alternative is oppression. Sometimes certain God-given rights and liberties can be preserved only by resistance to that which would destroy them. And to defend certain basic God-given rights and liberties is not immoral but righteous. Fulton J. Sheen rights war thinking Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. Fulton J. Sheen popcorn catholic religion There is more grace per square foot in San Francisco than any place on earth. Fulton J. Sheen san-francisco squares feet When the record of any human life is set down, there are three pairs of eyes who see it in a different light. There is the life as I see it. as others see it, and as God sees it. Fulton J. Sheen different light eye No man discovers anything big if he does not make himself small. Fulton J. Sheen bigs doe men Whenever man attempts to do what he knows to be the Master's will, a power will be given him equal to the duty. Fulton J. Sheen given masters men We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation. Fulton J. Sheen revelations speech needs A person is great, not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God. Fulton J. Sheen his-love hatred evil We must go out to Pure Life, Pure Truth, Pure Love, and that is the definition of God. He is the ultimate goal of life; from Him we came, and in Him alone do we find our peace. Fulton J. Sheen pure-love definitions goal The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society. Fulton J. Sheen sick believe people The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness. Goodness does not cause hatred, but it gives occasion for hatred to manifest itself. The holier and purer a life, the more it would attract malignity and hate. Mediocrity alone survives. Fulton J. Sheen hate evil giving Once a man ceases to be of service to his neighbor, he begins to be a burden to him. Fulton J. Sheen burden neighbor men Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday. Fulton J. Sheen friday sunday easter To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy's vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational literature. Fulton J. Sheen meditation doe boys 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. Fulton J. Sheen purpose forever hands
