Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell. Peter Kreeft More Quotes by Peter Kreeft More Quotes From Peter Kreeft Atheism is cheap on people, because it snobbishly says nine out of ten people through history have been wrong about God and have had a lie at the core of their hearts. Peter Kreeft atheist heart lying God is love. Wraith is how His love appears to us when we sin or rebel or run away from Him. The very light that is meant to help us appears to us as our enemy when we seek the darkness. Peter Kreeft light god running Christianity is God's marriage proposal to the soul. Peter Kreeft inspiration soul faith Every blade of grass is a blade of grace, a grace note in God's single Song. Nature is not blind and dumb. Nature is eloquent. Human science is blind and dumb if it does not hear this eloquence. Peter Kreeft inspiration faith song God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with. Peter Kreeft eye giving believe The womb is like an altar, it's the place where God continually comes into the world and does what only God can do...create. Peter Kreeft womb doe world God alone has the secret of eternal life and joy. Peter Kreeft eternal-life secret joy Things look different when history is seen as His-story. Peter Kreeft different stories looks When I think how much my Protestant brothers and sisters are missing in not having Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist; when I kneel before the Eucharist and realize I am as truly in Christ's presence as the apostles were but that my Protestant brothers and sisters don't know that, don't believe that - I at first feel a terrible gap between myself and them. What a tremendous thing they are missing! Peter Kreeft real brother believe Lack of prayer is the cause of lack of time. Peter Kreeft catholic causes prayer Our judgements of good and evil ... presuppose God as the standard. If there's no God, there's neither good nor evil. There's just nature doing what it does Peter Kreeft judgement evil doe God continuously comes into the world in two places - at the altar and in the womb. Peter Kreeft inspiration faith two Agape's object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity. Love of humanity is easy because humanity does not surprise you with inconvenient demands. You never find humanity on your doorstep, stinking and begging. Peter Kreeft humanity doe life I think most people who call themselves relativists are not, in practice. Peter Kreeft practice people thinking How you approach the problem of suffering depends on how you approach life itself. There are only two ways. Either meaning is surrounded by matter, or matter is surrounded by meaning. Peter Kreeft suffering matter two The modern mind always tends to reduce the greater to the lesser rather than seeing the lesser as reflecting the greater. Peter Kreeft modern mind attitude condoms are about as effective against AIDS as a twenty-four-chamber gun instead of a six-chamber gun when playing Russian roulette. Peter Kreeft four gun twenties To worship a crocodile is better to worship yourself. Peter Kreeft crocodiles worship You cannot be in love with love. Peter Kreeft catholic 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 cartoons, and a good meal is not tame and affectionate, unless it's alive as you eat it. Peter Kreeft wise dog men
