Fulton J. Sheen quotes

Fulton J. Sheen was an American archbishop and influential Catholic televangelist. His broadcasts and writings made him one of the most recognized religious figures in the United States. He played a major role in popularizing Catholic teachings in the 20th century. Here are 80 of his quotes:

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. (Fulton J. Sheen)
Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love? View quote
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Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace. World wars are only projections of the conflicts waged inside the souls of men and women, for nothing happens in the external world that has not first happened within a soul. View quote
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Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery. View quote
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Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded. View quote
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Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. View quote
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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. View quote
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No man hates God without first hating himself. View quote
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The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society. View quote
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Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it. View quote
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The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law. (Fulton J. Sheen)
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings. View quote
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One function of the angels is illumination, and the other function is that of being a guardian. View quote
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Tolerance is an attitude of reasoned patience toward evil... a forbearance that restrains us from showing anger or inflicting punishment. Tolerance applies only to persons... never to truth. View quote
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Some will not look on suffering because it creates responsibility. View quote
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If there is continuity in the universe, it is fitting that there should be intelligent beings without bodies which are called angels. View quote
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America, it is said, is suffering from intolerance - it is not. It is suffering from tolerance. Tolerance of right and wrong, truth and error, virtue and evil, Christ and chaos. Our country is not nearly so overrun with the bigoted as it is overrun with the broadminded. View quote
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Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. View quote
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You have a chance to move in far better society than the Joneses. Why worry about keeping up with the Joneses? Keep up with the Angels and you'll be far wiser and happier. View quote
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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. View quote
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If all things in this universe exist, it is because they participate in the Being of God, if there are some things with life, it is because they are reflections of the life of God; if there are beings endowed with intellect and will - like men and angels - it's because they are a participation of the Sovereign Intellect which is God. (Fulton J. Sheen)
If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be imperfect and unhappy. View quote
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If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live. View quote
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Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them. View quote
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Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right. View quote
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