Fulton J. Sheen - Soul Quotes

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The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying that the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upon the shadow of this world, and open on the substance of the next. The power of the rosary is beyond description.

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Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

Fulton J. Sheen
Here is a psychological suggestion for acquiring peace of soul. Never brag, never talk about yourself, never rush to first seats at table or in a theater, never use people for your own advantage, never lord it over others as if you were better than they.

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Unless souls are saved, nothing is saved; there can be no world peace unless there is soul peace. World wars are only projections of the conflicts waged inside the souls of men and women, for nothing happens in the external world that has not first happened within a soul.

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It is not easy to explain why God permits evil; but it is impossible for an atheist to explain the existence of goodness. How could a spiritless, soul-less, cross-less, Godless universe become the center of faith, purity, sacrifice, and martyrdom? How can decency be the decent thing if there is no God? Since God is love, why should we be surprised that want of it should end in pain, hate, broken hearts, and war?

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The modern man, finding that Humanism and Sex both fail to satisfy, seeks his happiness in Science... But Science fails too, for it is something more than a knowledge of matter the soul craves.

Fulton J. Sheen