A woman gets angry when a man denies his faults, because she knew them all along. His lying mocks her affection; it is the deceit that angers her more than the faults.
Fulton J. SheenRead
Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of sacrifice, service, and love in our lives.
Fulton J. Sheen's quote invites reflection on the physical and emotional scars that we accumulate through acts of giving and selfless service. It challenges individuals to consider whether they have truly engaged in love and service to others, which is often marked by personal sacrifices and a willingness to embrace divine love in their hearts.
Themes
SacrificeServiceLoveGivingScarsHeart
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech on compassion, I shared this quote to inspire others to embrace service.
More from Fulton J. Sheen
All quotes →Many married women who have deliberately spurned the "hour" of childbearing are unhappy and frustrated. They never discovered the joys of marriage because they refused to surrender to the obligation of their state. In saving themselves, they lost themselves!
Fulton J. SheenRead
No one has ever laughed at a pun who did not see in the one word a twofold meaning. To materialists this world is opaque like a curtain; nothing can be seen through it. A mountain is just a mountain, a sunset just a sunset; but to poets, artists, and saints, the world is transparent like a window pane - it tells of something beyond....a mountain tells of the Power of God, the sunset of His Beauty, and the snowflake of His Purity.
Fulton J. SheenRead
The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.
Fulton J. SheenRead
Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Fulton J. SheenRead
The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.
Fulton J. SheenRead
Similar quotes
So every day So every day I was surrounded by the beautiful crying forth of the ideas of God, one of which was you.
Mary OliverRead
There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Read
You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]
Oscar WildeRead
Love is the pursuit of the whole.
PlatoRead
This is the God of the gospel of grace. A God who, out of love for us, sent the only Son He ever had wrapped in our skin. He learned how to walk, stumbled and fell, cried for His milk, sweated blood in the night, was lashed with a whip and showered with spit, was fixed to a cross, and died whispering forgiveness on us all.
Brennan ManningRead
When you were a wandering desire in the mist, I too was there, a wandering desire. Then we sought one another, and out of our eagerness dreams were born. And dreams were time limitless, and dreams were space without measure.
Khalil GibranRead