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7049494 The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart. christianity heart inspirational jesus-shock love man marriage philosophy relationships spirituality theology woman woman-s-character woman-s-charm woman-s-strength catholicism Peter Kreeft
9ce3504 Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice" people, not heroes." christianity culture culture-critique heroes jesus-shock philosophy spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
b30bf1f We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love. christ christianity cross excess-love god inspirational jesus jesus-shock love philosophy salvation saved saved-souls sin spirituality the-cross theology Peter Kreeft
7c2ee03 By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an apple with a bite out of it. apple apple-computer-inc bible catholicism christianity forbidden-fruit garden-of-eden genesis humor jesus-shock laptop mac macintosh old-testament original-sin philosophy sarcasm spirituality steve-jobs theology peter kreeft
6d6ba95 America does not know the difference between money and sex. It treats sex like money because it treats sex as a medium of exchange, and it treats money like sex because it expects its money to get pregnant and reproduce. money sex Peter Kreeft
4d5ccc8 This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love. catholicism christianity god jesus-shock love philosophy secret-of-life self-giving spirituality Peter Kreeft
5160ca5 If you place [your bet] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it against God, and you are wrong and God does exist, you lose everything. faith god Peter Kreeft
71adba7 We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well. logic philosophy reason Peter Kreeft
8a41783 Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts. God designed your body's plumbing system. God designed an ostrich. If He didn't do it, He permitted a drunken angel to do it. Empirical facts can add significantly to the meaning of "being godlike"." god god-is-a-comedian theology Peter Kreeft
7424e4d One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth. life truth Peter Kreeft
b665512 We all, like Frodo, carry a Quest, a Task: our daily duties. They come us, not from us. We are free only to accept or refuse our task- and, implicitly, our Taskmaster. None of us is a free creator or designer of his own life. "None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself" (Rom 14:7). Either God, or fate, or meaningless chance has laid upon each of us a Task, a Quest, which we would not have chosen for ourselves. We are all .. Peter Kreeft
3674b05 Love gives you eyes. christianity eyes inspirational jesus-shock love philosophy spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
49c536d The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting. catholicism christianity jesus-shock philosophy pleasure spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
d6a663a Indifference is more truly the opposite of love than hate is, for we can both love and hate the same person at the same time, but we cannot both love and be indifferent to the same person at the same time. indifference love Peter Kreeft
7f2681f An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say." listening logic sincerity Peter Kreeft
c912b40 Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts. catholicism christianity god hearts heaven inspirational jesus-shock philosophy spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
e33d581 If your life is Christ, then your death will be only more of Christ, forever. If your life is only Christlessness, then your death will be only more Christlessness, forever. That's not fundamentalism, that's the law of non-contradiction. christ christianity christlessness christology fundamentalism jesus jesus-christ jesus-shock philosophy spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
0a041b9 It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. mercy Peter Kreeft
9826aec Reading a book about something can be an obstacle to doing it because it gives you the impression that you are doing what you are only thinking about doing. It is tempting to remain in the comfortable theater of our imagination instead of the real world, to fall in love with the idea of becoming a saint and loving God and neighbor instead of doing the actual work, because the idea makes no demands on you. It is like a book on a shelf. But, .. faith prayer Peter Kreeft
e987340 Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God. [...] Therefore our prayers should consist mainly of rousing our awareness of God's love for us rather than trying to rouse God's awareness of our love for him, like the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:26-29). god-s-grace god-s-love prayer Peter Kreeft
f3e78e6 Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia. catholicism christianity jesus-shock philosophy sloth spirituality theology violence Peter Kreeft
8718c3b Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked. christ christianity heaven hell jesus jesus-christ jesus-shock meeting-jesus philosophy shock spirituality theology peter kreeft
59443c4 We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal. faith love truth Peter Kreeft
e954e23 Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb up to Him. Catholics believe that they are like ladders that God gave to Himself by which He climbs down to us. christianity god jesus-shock protestantism sacraments spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
6e3d889 Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three words; God's profoundest answer was one Word." christ christianity god jesus jesus-christ jesus-shock philosophy pontius-pilate theology truth Peter Kreeft
c9a7a3d Conscience is thus explained only as the voice of God in the soul. god soul Peter Kreeft
f533c2d The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home. They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer, like the Good Shepherd. god prayer saints Peter Kreeft
40034f7 Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons." christianity god jesus-shock ontological-oxymoron ontology oxymoron philosophy spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
e312900 Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What's that? Socrates: Philosophy. Bertha: Oh, we have philosophers here. Socrates: Where are they? Bertha: In the philosophy department. Socrates: Philosophy is not department. Bertha: Well, we have philosophers. Socrates: Are they dangerous? Bertha: Of course not. Socrates: Then they are not true philosophers. seeking truth-telling Peter Kreeft
db935bb The connection between art and Christ is like the connection between sunlight and the sun. It is, in fact, the connection between Sonlight and the Son. catholicism christ christianity god jesus jesus-christ jesus-shock philosophy son-of-god sonlight spirituality sun sunlight theology Peter Kreeft
0ecf402 It is just as crazy to be crazy about Christ as it is to be crazy about anything else. christ christianity crazy crazy-in-love crazy-love god inspirational jesus jesus-christ jesus-shock philosophy spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
ba44e85 The eye of the poet sees less clearly, but sees farther than the eye of the scientist. Peter Kreeft
84fc8a5 When I say "The good man gave his good dog a good meal," I use "good" analogically, for there is at the same time a similarity and a difference between a good man, a good dog, and a good meal. All three are desirable, but a good man is wise and moral, a good dog is tame and affectionate, and a good meal is tasty and nourishing. But a good man is not tasty and nourishing, except to a cannibal; a good dog is not wise and moral, except in cart.. philosophy rhetoric Peter Kreeft
ee3822f Sacraments are like hoses. They are the channels of the living water of God's grace. Our faith is like opening the faucet. We can open it a lot, a little, or not at all. christianity faith god god-s-grace grace jesus-shock philosophy sacraments theology Peter Kreeft
a98a446 I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead. prayer time Peter Kreeft
e2df4db It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively. absolutism catholicism christianity god jesus-shock love philosophy reasonable relativism spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
9705464 The medievals loved to say that God wrote two books: nature and Scripture. And since he is the author of both books, and since this Teacher never contradicts himself, these two books never contradict each other. And since this God who never contradicts himself also gave us the two truth detectors, faith and reason, it follows that faith and reason, properly used, never contradict each other. Therefore, all heresies are contrary to reason. N.. Peter Kreeft
8dd27c8 Argumentation is a human enterprise that is embedded in a larger social and psychological context. This context includes (1) the total psyches of the two persons engaged in dialogue, (2) the relationship between the two persons, (3) the immediate situation in which they find themselves and (4) the larger social, cultural and historical situation surrounding them. culture dialogue psychology relationships sociology Peter Kreeft
fa69494 One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world. prayer thanksgiving worship Peter Kreeft
6a2b7e3 Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love. beauty catholicism christianity god goodness inspirational jesus-shock love philosophy spirituality theology truth unlimited-beauty unlimited-goodness unlimited-love unlimited-truth Peter Kreeft
7540218 It is closer to the truth to say that God is crazy than that God is reasonable. I suspect God merely smiles when someone calls him crazy, but shakes His head and frowns when someone calls Him reasonable. christianity crazy god jesus-shock philosophy reasonable spirituality theology Peter Kreeft
727db3e We pray to obey God, not to 'play God'. We pray, not to change God's mind, but to change our own; not to command God, but to let God command us. We pray to 'let God be God'. Prayer is our obedience to God even when it asks God for things, for God has commanded us to ask (Mt. 7:7). god prayer Peter Kreeft
58830c5 Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same is true of thoughts as of passions. When your mind wanders, like a child, your will must bring it back, like a mother. [. . .] The will-parent must discipline the mind-child, avoiding both the opposite extremes commonly made in disciplining either children or thoughts: tyranny or permissiveness. philosophy prayer thoughts Peter Kreeft
c8c4fd5 Feelings are wonderful decorations, but they are not a foundation to build on. feelings Peter Kreeft
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