“Two classes of people make up the world: those who have found God, and those who are looking for Him - thirsting, hungering, seeking! And the great sinners came closer to Him than the proud intellectuals! Pride swells and inflates the ego; gross sinners are depressed, deflated and empty. They, therefore, have room for God. God prefers a loving sinner to a loveless 'saint'. Love can be trained; pride cannot. The man who thinks that he knows will rarely find truth; the man who knows he is a miserable, unhappy sinner, like the woman at the well, is closer to peace, joy and salvation than he knows.”

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About Fulton J. Sheen

American Catholic prelate

Fulton J. Sheen was an American Catholic prelate. He served as Bishop of Rochester from 1966 to 1969, and became widely known for his preaching. Sheen was especially recognized for bringing his sermons to television and radio, where his clear style reached a broad audience. His public voice was rooted in Catholic teaching and in the work of speaking to listeners through mass media.

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