Quotes from Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

The true notion is that the material universe is a sign or an indication of what God is. We look at the purity of the snowflake and we see something of the goodness of God. The world is full of poetry: it is sin which turns it into prose.

Two tadpoles at the bottom of a pond were one day discussing the problem of existence. One said to the other, "I think I will stick my head out to see if there is anything else in the world." The other tadpole said, "Don't be silly, do you think there is anything else in this world besides water?" So those who live the natural life ignore the beauty of the higher life of grace.

Truth must be sought at all costs, but separate isolated truths will not do. Truth is like life; it has to be taken on its entirety or not at all. . . . We must welcome truth even if it reproaches and inconveniences us -- even if it appears in the place where we thought it could not be found.

To a great extent the world is what we make it. We get back what we give. If we sow hate, we reap hate; if we scatter love and gentleness we harvest love and happiness. Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. The kind person bears with the infirmities of others, never magnifies trifles, and avoids a spirit of fault finding.

If it be a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God,It is a more terrible thing to fall out of them.

God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.

You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.

All our anxieties relate to time.

We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.

A person is great, not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God.

Everything that is full of life loves change, for the characteristic of life is movement toward a new goal and urges toward new pleasures.

Joy is the happiness of love - love aware of its own inner happiness. Pleasure comes from without, and joy comes from within, and it is, therefore, within reach of everyone in the world.