A smile across the aisle of a bus in the morning could save a suicide later in the day.
Fulton J. SheenLife is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
Fulton J. SheenModern man has so long preached a doctrine of false tolerance; he has so long believed that right and wrong were only differences in a point of view, that now when evil works itself out in practice he is paralyzed to do anything against it.
Fulton J. SheenCounsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
Fulton J. SheenWe can think of Lent as a time to eradicate evil or cultivate virtue, a time to pull up weeds or to plant good seeds. Which is better is clear, for the Christian ideal is always positive rather than negative. A person is great not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God. Asceticism and mortification are not the ends of a Christian life; they are only the means. The end is charity. Penance merely makes an opening in our ego in which the Light of God can pour. As we deflate ourselves, God fills us. And it is God’s arrival that is the important event.
Fulton J. Sheen