Category: Fulton Sheen

Deferred joys purchased by sacrifice are always sweetest and most enduring.

God can do something with those who see what they really are and who know their need of cleansing but can do nothing with the man who feels himself worthy.

There were only two classes of people who heard the cry Christmas night: shepherds and wise men. Shepherds: those who know they know nothing. Wise men: those who know they do not know everything. Only the very simple and very learned discovered God–never the man with one book.

Sanctity means separation from the spirit of the world, with immersion in the activity of the world. Saints would be in the world, not of it; they would have no public relation boosters to publicize them; they would never ask for money; perhaps the one venture which would stand out most in their lives would be poverty of spirit.

It is possible to love more than we know. A simple person in good faith may have a greater love of God than a theologian and, as a result, a keener understanding of the ways of God with the heart than psychologists have.

In vail will the world seek for equality until it has seen all men through the eyes of faith. Faith teaches that all men, however poor, or ignorantly, or crippled, however maimed , ugly, or degraded they may be, all bear within themselves the image of God, and have been bought by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. As the truth is forgotten, men are valued only because of what they can do, not because of what they are.

Humility does not mean a submissiveness, a passiveness, a willingness to be walked on, or a desire to live in the doghouse. Humility is a virtue by which we recognize ourselves as we really are, not as we would like to b in the eyes of the publics; no as our press notices say we are, but as we are in the sight of God when we examine our conscience.

Truth never appeals to us unless it is personal.

All kindnesses are either done explicitly or implicitly in His name, or they are refused explicitly or implicitly in His name.

His words even imply that philanthropy was deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there is more to human deeds than the doers are aware. He identified every act of kindness as an expression of sympathy with Himself.