Fulton J. Sheen: Quotes about God

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“[N]o man hates God without first hating himself.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 1, p. 11 http://books.google.com/books?id=ho40AAAAMAAJ&q=%22No+man+hates+God+without+first+hating+himself%22&pg=PA11#v=onepage

God , Hate

“Anxiety increases in direct ratio and proportion as man departs from God.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 2, p. 19

God

“A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: Life Is Worth Living

God , Justice

“If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be imperfect and unhappy.”

Fulton J. Sheen
God , Time

“Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary

God , Religion

“Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary

God , Perfection

“The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Whence Come Wars (1940), p. 60

God , Law , Democracy

“There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, 'Good morning, God,' and the other is to say, 'Good God, morning'!”

Fulton J. Sheen
God , Way

“[P]eace of soul implies tranquillity of order, with material things ordered to the body, the body to the soul, the personality to neighbor and to God. Peace of mind is subjective tranquillity — a narrower thing. It requires great moral effort to attain peace of soul, but even those who are indifferent to right and wrong sometimes achieve peace of mind”

Fulton J. Sheen

which the Scriptures call "false peace"
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 6, p. 112

God , Peace , Soul , Effort

“Since a week ago last Saturday, we can no longer expect them to defend the law of God.”

Fulton J. Sheen

These sects will work out the very logic of their ways, and in 50 or 100 years there will be only the Catholic Church and paganism. We will be left to fight the battle alone, and we will."
Quoted in The Birth Control Review, May 1931, volume XV, no. 5., pp. 143-144. Reaction to the report of the Federal Council of Churches in America which, in March 1931, "endorsed 'the careful and restrained use of contraceptives by married people,' while at the same time conceding that 'serious evils, such as extramarital sex relations, may be increased by general knowledge of contraceptives.'" http://lifedynamics.com/app/uploads/2015/09/1931-05-May.pdf https://www.google.com/search?q=Church+and+paganism.+We+will+be+left+to+fight+the+battle+alone%2C+and+we+will&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=rcs#channel=rcs&tbm=bks&q=%22Since+a+week+ago+last+Saturday%2C+we+can+no+longer+expect+them+to+defend%22+

God , Law

“When the record of any human life is set down, there are three pairs of eyes who see it in a different light. There is the life as I see it. as others see it, and as God sees it.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Treasure in Clay: the Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen, (New York, NY: Image Books/Doubleday, 1980)

Life , God , Light

“[T]here is a tremendous egotism and conceit in those popular articles and lectures entitled,"My Idea of Religion," or "My Idea of God." An individual religion can be as misleading and uninformed as an individual astronomy or an individual mathematics.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 4, p. 59

God , Religion , Mathematics , Idea

“In contrast to the pride of those who deny their guilt to escape self-criticism is the humility of God, who made a world which added not to His glory and then made man to criticize Him.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 5, p. 85

God , World

“If all things in this universe exist, it is because they participate in the Being of God, if there are some things with life, it is because they are reflections of the life of God; if there are beings endowed with intellect and will — like men and angels — it's because they are a participation of the Sovereign Intellect which is God.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Religion Without God (1928). p. 90

Life , Men , God , Angels

“All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity is best nourished before the Eucharist. The most brilliant ideas come from meeting God face to face. The Holy Spirit that presided at the Incarnation is the best atmosphere for illumination. Pope John Paul II keeps a small desk or writing pad near him whenever he is in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament; and I have done this all my life — I am sure for the same reason he does, because a lover always works better when the beloved is with him.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Treasure in Clay : The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen (1980)

Life , God , Lovers , Idea

“Hitler had no need of God: in his own conceit, he was a god.”

Fulton J. Sheen

Source: The Armor of God (1943), Ch. 1, p. 4

God