Objective truth itself is sometimes often seen as a right wing Republican-Christian plot to take over the government (though the rhetoric is cleverer than that, that's the bottom line). Peter Kreeft More Quotes by Peter Kreeft More Quotes From Peter Kreeft Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts. Peter Kreeft inspiration faith heart God calls us, just as he called Abraham, away from the security we knew, out of our old, familiar, little room, down the ladder of faith and into his arms. Jesus called his disciples that way - just as a lover elopes with his beloved. Peter Kreeft inspiration faith jesus It was a very stupid mistake to think you could deal with heresy by burning heretics. It's the very same mistake that modernist Catholics are making today in reverse. They think you can love heretics by loving heresies. Peter Kreeft stupid mistake thinking Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love. Peter Kreeft unlimited-love goodness may Humility is not an exaggeratedly low opinion of yourself. Humility is self-forgetfulness. Peter Kreeft catholic humility self Our only qualitifcation for God's grace is our emptiness, not our fullness; our undeservingness, not our deservingness. Peter Kreeft gods-grace emptiness grace 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. Peter Kreeft indifference hate opposites Listening to other people's needs is listening to God. Noticing simple, natural beauty, hearing music, even confronting the challenge of pain and problems - that can all be listening to God too. Peter Kreeft listening-to-others pain simple Kindness-mere kindness-cannot tolerate suffering. Love can. Peter Kreeft suffering kindness love No sane person wants hell to exist. No sane person wants evil to exist. But hell is just evil eternalized. If there is evil and if there is eternity, there can be hell. If it is intellectually dishonest to disbelieve in evil just because it is shocking and uncomfortable, it is the same with hell. Reality has hard corners, surprises, and terrible dangers in it. We desperately need a true road map, not nice feelings, if we are to get home. It is true, as people often say, that "hell just feels unreal, impossible." Yes. So does Auschwitz. So does Calvary. Peter Kreeft nice home reality God allows unjust disparities between rich and poor because He does not miraculously intervene to establish justice against human wills. Also, discrepancies are not unjust by themselves; justice does not mean equality of result but equality of opportunity. Peter Kreeft justice opportunity mean Be egalitarian regarding persons. Be elitist regarding ideas. Peter Kreeft elitist persons ideas It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. Peter Kreeft heroism evil justice Sin has made us stupid, so that we can only learn the hard way. Peter Kreeft sin stupid way The six things in life that never get boring are knowing and loving God, your neighbor, and yourself. Peter Kreeft things-in-life six knowing We can and should investigate and learn from the wisdom in other religions. Peter Kreeft should An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth. Peter Kreeft ends mind mean Joy is not a feeling in us. Joy does not enter into us. We enter into joy: "Enter into the joy of your Lord" (Mt 25:21). Peter Kreeft doe feelings joy Sin comes from not realizing God's love. Sin comes from thinking ourselves only as sinners, while overcoming sin comes from thinking ourselves as overcomers. We act our our perceived identities. Peter Kreeft identity overcoming thinking Thus moral theology leads us four steps deeper than law. To fulfill the moral law, we need love. To get love, we need union with God. To get union with God, we need the new birth. And to get the new birth, we need faith. Peter Kreeft faith law needs
