Quotes from Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

One will never find a professor who denies freedom of the will who does not also have something in his life for which he wishes to shake off responsibility.

Every sorrow is really the "Shade of His Hand outstretched caressingly."

An unsuffering Christ Who did not freely pay the debt of human guilt would be reduced to the level of an ethical guide;

Our hearts will let in God, if we purify them. Blessings come to those who put themselves in an environment of love.

As in Eden there took place the first espousals of man and woman, so, in her, there took place the first espousals of God and man, eternity and time, omnipotence and bonds.

Men are like so many books issuing from the Divine press, and if nothing else be written on them, at least the name of the Author is indissolubly engraved on the title page. God is like the watermark on paper, which may be written over without ever being obscured.

Totalitarians are fond of saying that Christianity is the enemy of the State—a euphemistic way of saying an enemy of themselves.

So when God pulls down the curtain on the drama of the world's redemption, He will not ask what part we played, but only how well we played the role assigned to us.

Divinity is always where one least expects to find it.

Real love uses freedom to attach itself unchangeably to another.

The soul that hated truth (to speak in inadequate human terms) would suffer more in heaven than in hell; analogically speaking, the want of the Spirit of Christ makes us shrink from His companionship.

The priest must not postpone this union with the Holy Spirit to a more convenient season (Acts 24:25). If he neglects growth, decay sets in. There comes a time when it is too late to repent, even to ask for a drop of water to 'cool my tongue' (Lk 16:24).