Words that still resonate.
A curated collection of Fulton Sheen’s most powerful reflections on love, suffering, faith, and the human condition.
Faith and God
“Faith makes things possible, not easy.”
“God does not love us because we are good…”
“A man who no longer believes in God…”
“Faith is the light that guides you through the darkness.”
“Faith is seeing the invisible, but not the nonexistent.”
“A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.”
“In the heart of Jesus... heaven and earth are joined...”
“Every time you look at a cross, Christ seems to say to you, ‘I love you.’”
“God has become man so that man might become God-like.”
Love & relationships
“Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.”
“The measure of love is to love without measure.”
“Love is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.”
“The only real sin is to deny love…”
“You must remember to love people and use things…”
“Real love stories never have endings.”
“Love is not a feeling; it is a decision, a choice, an act of the will.”
“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God…”
“A love without criticism is a love without depth.”
“A true love is always one that is given unconditionally.”
“It is easy to find a lover; it is difficult to be a lover.”
Spiritual life & the soul
“Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved…”
“The greatest power in the world… is the spiritual force of the human soul.”
“A soul does not think. A soul is a thought.”
“The heart is like a balloon…”
“Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts.”
“The Blessed Sacrament is the first and last sacrament…”
“The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white host.”
Truth, morality & society
“The refusal to take sides on great moral issues…”
“Peace is not the absence of war; it is the presence of justice.”
“The greatest power in the world… is the spiritual force of the human soul.”
“The Blessed Sacrament is the first and last sacrament…”
“The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white host.”
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