Any book which inspires us to lead a better life is a good book. Fulton J. Sheen View this quote
Knowing belongs to man’s intellect or reason; loving belongs to his will. The object of the intellect is truth; the object of the will is goodness or love. Fulton J. Sheen
Fulton J. Sheen
Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others. Fulton J. Sheen
Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure it gives – that is the way the world judges it – but the joy and peace it can purchase for others. Fulton J. Sheen
Man wants three things; life, knowledge, and love. Fulton J. Sheen
Many married women who have deliberately spurned the ‘hour’ of childbearing are unhappy and frustrated. They never discovered the joys of marriage because they refused to surrender to the obligation of their state. In saving themselves, they lost themselves! Fulton J. Sheen
Many souls fail to find God because they want a religion which will remake society without remaking themselves. Fulton J. Sheen
Most sound minds resent flattery, because they see the egotism behind the screen of altruism. Fulton J. Sheen
Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left. Fulton J. Sheen
No man hates god without first hating himself. Fulton J. Sheen
Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts. Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic bishop and television presenter
May 8th, 1895 - December 9th, 1979