Wisdom of Fulton Sheen–short video reflections

In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder.

10/30….There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not exercise human control. They would rate a generous deed as no more praiseworthy than a wink, a crime as no more voluntary than a sneeze…Such a philosophy undercuts all human dignity….All of us have the power of choice in action at every moment of our lives.

10/29…There are angels near you to guide you and protect you, if you would but invoke them. It is not later than we think, it is a bigger world than we think.

Skepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior.

Learning comes from books; penetration of a mystery from suffering.

If, in his pride, he considers God as a challenge, he will deny Him; and if God becomes man and therefore makes Himself vulnerable, he will crucify Him.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale is registered and recorded.

Politeness is a way of showing externally the internal regard we have for others. Good manners are the shadows cast by virtues.

Our intellects do not make the truth; they attain it they discover it.

Character is to some extent judged by what a man does with his falls. A pig falls into the mud and stays there; a sheep falls in and climbs out.

Finite intelligence needs many words in order to express ideas; but God speaks once and for all within Himself–one single Word which reaches the abyss of all things that are known and can be known. In that Word of God are hidden all the treasures of wisdom, all the secrets of sciences, all the designs of the arts, all the knowledge of mankind. But this knowledge, compared to the Word, is only the feeblest broken syllable.

Psalm 62:11 “For God has said only one thing: only two do I know: that to God alone belongs power and to you, Lord, love”