Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen

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Venerable Fulton John Sheen is now referred to as "Venerable".
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The physical method becomes a philosophy when it asserts there is no higher knowledge than the empirical knowledge of scientific phenomena. The mathematical method becomes a philosophy when it asserts that some higher knowledge is needed to explain s...

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To deny the necessity or value of metaphysics is to assert a metaphysical principle, just as to say a religion must be without dogmas is to assert a dogma.

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Humanity cannot lift itself by its own bootstraps; there is no such thing as spontaneous generation; life does not come from crystals; poetry does not come from donkeys; international peace does not come from wars; social justice does not come from s...

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Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who has failed-man who has forgotten God. Hence no manner of economic or political readjustment can possibly save our civilization; we can...

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Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book.

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The loves of all hearts are so many mirrors revealing their characters.

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In all human love it must be realized that every man promises a woman, and every woman promises a man that which only God alone can give, namely, perfect happiness. One of the reasons why so many marriages are shipwrecked is because as the young coup...

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Goodness by its nature is lovable and love finds it impossible not to pursue goodness.

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Each instinct and passion of man is amoral; it is only the abuse of these passions that makes them wrong. There is nothing wrong about hunger, but there is something wrong about gluttony; there is no sin in thirst, but there is a sin in drunkenness; ...

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The greatest influence in writing was G. K. Chesterton who never used a useless word, who saw the value of a paradox, and avoided what was trite.

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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"; wo...

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Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

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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?

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Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

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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.

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Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

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Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.

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The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

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The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

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Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

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Years ago atheism was an individual phenomenon; today atheism is social, the atheist who once was a curiosity, is now a component part of some of the governments of the world. Once men quarreled because they wanted God worshipped in a certain way; no...

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Author Bio

  • NameFulton J. Sheen
  • DescriptionCatholic bishop and television presenter
  • BornMay 8, 1895
  • DiedDecember 9, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter; Priest; Theologian; Author; Radio Host
  • AwardsEmmy Award