Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief.
Fulton J. SheenOne becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome.
Fulton J. SheenBut there was no room at the inn"; the inn is the gathering place of public opinion; so often public opinion locks its doors to the King.
Fulton J. SheenKnowing 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. SheenPossession properly has two faces, two aspects: we all have a right to private property, but this is accompanied by our responsibility for its righteous use. These two things (which should be inseparable) are frequently divided today. Everyone admits that the farmer who own a horse is obligated to feed and care for it, but in the case of stocks and bonds, we often forget that the same principle should prevail.
Fulton J. Sheen