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To love what is below the human is degradation; to love what is human for the sake of the human is mediocrity; to love the human for the sake of the divine is enriching; to love the divine for its own sake is sanctity.
-Fulton J. Sheen
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To Love What Is Below The Human

Fulton J. Sheen
To love what is below the human is degradation; to love what is human for the sake of the human is mediocrity; to love the human for the sake of the divine is enriching; to love the divine for its own sake is sanctity.
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