Quotes from Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

The refusal to love is hell.

Once a man ceases to be of service to his neighbor, he begins to be a burden to him.

To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.

Joy never comes to those who seek it. In the self-forgetting hour when we are touched by another's need and sacrifice for it, we suddenly find our soul aflame with glorious joy.

Whenever a child is given to parents, a crown is made for it in Heaven; and woe to those parents if that child is not reared with a sense of responsibility to acquire that crown!

Solitude can be very rewarding and full of blessing because in the silence of the inner being, one finds God.

A character is made by the kind of thoughts a man thinks when alone, and a civilization is made by the kind of thoughts a man speaks to his neighbor.

Only those who walk in darkness ever see the stars.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

Peace belongs only to those who will to have it.

Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

The only time laughter is wicked is when it is turned against Him Who gave it.