March 2010
30 posts
“The fruits of sin never compensate for the loss of grace.”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 350
“No one has ever denied Christ or sold Him for any fleeting pleasure or temporary...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 350
“Before a sin, the devil makes light of it; after the sin, the devil becomes an...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 350
“Skepticism is not an intellectual position; it is a moral position, in the sense...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 345
“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come...”
– Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
“The first inventors of machines that augmented not the power of muscle but the...”
– Stanislaw Lem, Fiasco
“Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 345
“Repentance is not concerned with consequences; but remorse is inspired...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 339
“The hands of the wicked are bound until God allows them to work, nor can they...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 329
“The hatred against Divinity is not the result always of unbelief, but very often...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 349
“Fools and politicians talk about dying for concepts; actual soldiers die for...”
– Peter Kreeft, Before I Go
“Amor vincit omnia.”
– Latin, “Love conquers all.”
“Our families always give us more heartbreak than our work because our work...”
– Peter Kreeft, Before I Go
“Life offers only one tragedy in the end: not to have been a saint.”
– Leon Bloy
“Don’t get all As but flunk life.”
– Walker Percy
“The present is the exclusive object of apostolic duty; as regards the future,...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 438
“The confession of love must precede the bestowing of authority; authority...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 427
“Credulity toward men and incredulity toward God is the mark of dull hearts;...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 413
“Original drawings now had to be torn up—not because they were too great,...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 412
“Sorrow afflicts a woman’s heart when she loses the beloved; but men...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 411-12
“To the honor of womanhood it must forever be said: A woman was closest to the...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 407
“Nothing transfigures love and lifts it to new heights as much as sacrifice, for...”
– Fulton Sheen, Guide to Contentment, p. 26
“But the arrow of sin that wounds and crucifies brings the balm of forgiveness...”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 399
“All excuses are cast aside when the vileness of sin is most poignantly revealed.”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 399
“Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for...”
– Neil Gaiman, as quoted in Ten rules for writing fiction
“Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn’t appear to...”
– Calvin Coolidge
“God answers no man’s prayer merely to show His power.”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 390
“The world has room only for the ordinary; never the very good or the very bad....”
– Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, p. 389