When the will loves anything that is below it in dignity, it degrades itself. Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen More Quotes From Fulton J. Sheen Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it. Fulton J. Sheen humorlovefunny The Rosary is the book of the blind. Fulton J. Sheen rosaryblindbook Every man rejoices twice when he has a partner in his joy. He who shares tears with us wipes them away. He divides them in two, and he who laughs with us makes the joy double. Fulton J. Sheen laughingmentwo To value only what can be "sold" is to defile what is truly precious. The innocent joy of childhood, the devotedness of a wife, the self sacrificing service of a daughter--none of these have an earthly market. To reduce everything to the dirty scales of economic values is to forget that some gifts, like Mary's, are so precious that the heart that offers them will be praised as long as time endures. Fulton J. Sheen daughterheartdirty The power of the rosary is beyond description. Fulton J. Sheen praying-the-rosaryrosarydescription Everything that is full of life loves change, Fulton J. Sheen love-lifemovementgoal But there was no room at the inn"; the inn is the gathering place of public opinion; so often public opinion locks its doors to the King. Fulton J. Sheen public-opinionkingsdoors The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler. Fulton J. Sheen frustratedperfectionself The way not to lead a monotonous life is to live for others. Fulton J. Sheen monotonous-lifelive-for-othersway If we wish to have the light, we must keep the sun; if we wish to keep our forests we must keep our trees; if we wish to keep our perfumes, we must keep our flowers- and if we wish to keep our rights, then we must keep our God. Fulton J. Sheen lightflowerrights When we die to something, something comes alive within us. If we die to self, charity comes alive; if we die to pride, service comes alive; if we die to lust, reverence for personality comes alive; if we die to anger, love comes alive. Fulton J. Sheen pridepersonalityself Democracy cannot survive where there is such uniformity that everyone wears exactly the same intellectual uniform or point of view. Democracy implies diversity of outlook, a variety of points of view on politics, economics, and world affairs. Hence the educational ideal is not uniformity but unity, for unity allows diversity of points of view regarding the good means to a good end. Fulton J. Sheen educationalviewsmean Confiscation in any form is an unhealthy solution for a real disease. It amounts to telling men that because they are economically crippled, they must abandon all efforts to get well and allow the state to provide them with free wheelchairs. Fulton J. Sheen get-wellrealmen Joy is the happiness of love - love aware of its own inner happiness. Pleasure comes from without, and joy comes from within, and it is, therefore, within reach of everyone in the world. Fulton J. Sheen happyjoylove There are no planes in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down. Fulton J. Sheen planesspiritualfaith So the divine love is sacrificial love. Love does not mean to have and to own and to possess. It means to be had and to be owned and to be possessed. It is not a circle circumscribed by self, it is arms outstretched to embrace all humanity within its grasp. Fulton J. Sheen selflove-ismean Freedom is not just something with which we are born; it is something we achieve. America did not receive a perpetual endowment of freedom; it has had to struggle and fight to preserve it. Freedom is not an heirloom or an antique; it is a life that must fight against the corrosive powers of death and nourish itself on the daily bread of goodness and virtue. Fulton J. Sheen fightingstruggleamerica 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. Sheen responsibilityselflaw All worry is atheism, because it is a want of trust in God. Fulton J. Sheen atheismwantworry Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits. Fulton J. Sheen attitudelovelife
