Fulton J. Sheen

Freedom does not mean that right to do whatever we please, but rather to do as we ought. The right to do whatever we please reduces freedom to a physical power and forgets that freedom is a moral power.

Fulton J. Sheen

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

Fulton J. Sheen

God has given different gifts to different people. There is no basis for feeling inferior to another who has a different gift. Once it is realized that we shall be judged by the gift we have received, rather than the gift we have not, one is completely delivered from a false sense of inferiority.

Fulton J. Sheen

Goodness by its nature is lovable and love finds it impossible not to pursue goodness.

Fulton J. Sheen

Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only when you let it move you. The supernatural order supposes the freedom of the natural order, but it does not destroy it.

Fulton J. Sheen

He seeks us before we dream of seeking him; he knocks before we invite him in; he loves us before we respond.

Fulton J. Sheen

Head knowledge is worthless, unless accompanied by submission of the will and right action.

Fulton J. Sheen

Health, power, riches, possessions and honor can be snatched from you, but your will is irrevocably your own.

Fulton J. Sheen

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

Fulton J. Sheen

Here is the answer to the riddle of love. Love implies relation. If lived in isolation, it becomes selfishness; if absorbed in collectivity, it loses its personality and, therefore, the right to love.

Fulton J. Sheen