Quotes By Author: Fulton J. Sheen

“All love on this earth involves choice. When, for example, a young man expresses his love to a young woman and asks her to become his wife, he is not just making an affirmation of love; he is also negating his love for anyone else. In that one act by which he chooses her, he rejects all that is not her. There is no other real way in which to prove we love a thing than by choosing it in preference to something else. Word and signs of love may be, and often are, expressions of egotism or passion; but deeds are proofs of love. We can prove we love our Lord only by choosing Him in preference to anything else.”

“Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man.”

“The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.”

“The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.”

“Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.”

“Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.”

“If you don’t behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.”