--- title: "14 Doe Quotes By Peter Kreeft" description: "14 Doe quotes by Peter Kreeft. Plus more from Peter Kreeft and more Doe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/peter-kreeft-820_doe_joy-is-not-a-feeling-in-us-joy-does-not_3184749.png" --- > [Joy is not a feeling in us. Joy does not enter into us. We enter into joy: "Enter into the joy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/joy-is-not-a-feeling-in-us-joy-does-not-enter-into-us-we-enter-into/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/peter-kreeft-820_doe_joy-is-not-a-feeling-in-us-joy-does-not_3184749.png) > [ If you place \[your bet\] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-you-place-your-bet-with-god-you-lose-nothing-even-if-it-turns-out/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/peter-kreeft-820_doe_if-you-place-your-bet-with-god-you-lose_2207968.jpg) > [The womb is like an altar, it's the place where God continually comes into the world and does what only God can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-womb-is-like-an-altar-it-s-the-place-where-god-continually-comes/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/peter-kreeft-820_altar_the-womb-is-like-an-altar-it-s-the-place_1941167.png) > [Our judgements of good and evil ... presuppose God as the standard. If there's no God, there's neither good nor evil. There's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/our-judgements-of-good-and-evil-presuppose-god-as-the-standard-if/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/peter-kreeft-820_doe_our-judgements-of-good-and-evil-presuppo_2062413.jpg) > [The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-most-compelling-evidence-for-god-s-existence-is-christ-if-god/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/peter-kreeft-820_christ_the-most-compelling-evidence-for-god-s-e_71176.png) > [Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/science-only-answers-the-question-how-does-it-work-or-at-most-what-s/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/peter-kreeft-820_answers_science-only-answers-the-question-how-do_67121.png) > [Every blade of grass is a blade of grace, a grace note in God's single Song. Nature is not blind and dumb.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/every-blade-of-grass-is-a-blade-of-grace-a-grace-note-in-god-s-single/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/peter-kreeft-820_blades_every-blade-of-grass-is-a-blade-of-grace_2721244.png) > [There is no effective rational answer to the challenge: "But give me a reason why I should love someone who does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/there-is-no-effective-rational-answer-to-the-challenge-but-give-me-a/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/peter-kreeft-820_answers_there-is-no-effective-rational-answer-to_2101755.png) > [God allows unjust disparities between rich and poor because He does not miraculously intervene to establish justice against human wills. Also, discrepancies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/god-allows-unjust-disparities-between-rich-and-poor-because-he-does/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/peter-kreeft-820_discrepancies_god-allows-unjust-disparities-between-ri_1381044.jpg) > [We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/we-modern-egalitarians-are-tempted-to-the-primal-sin-of-pride-in-the/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/peter-kreeft-820_aristocratic_we-modern-egalitarians-are-tempted-to-th_1344878.jpg) > [Agape's object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity. Love of humanity is easy because humanity does not surprise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/agape-s-object-is-always-the-concrete-individual-not-some-abstraction/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/peter-kreeft-820_abstraction_agape-s-object-is-always-the-concrete-in_956301.png) > [Of course the more you love the sinner the more you hate and make war on the sin, just as the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/of-course-the-more-you-love-the-sinner-the-more-you-hate-and-make-war/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/peter-kreeft-820_cancer_of-course-the-more-you-love-the-sinner-t_1292716.png) > [Someone once said that if you sat a million monkeys at a million typewriters for a million years, one of them would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/someone-once-said-that-if-you-sat-a-million-monkeys-at-a-million/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/peter-kreeft-820_atheism_someone-once-said-that-if-you-sat-a-mill_460604.jpg) > [No sane person wants hell to exist. No sane person wants evil to exist. But hell is just evil eternalized. If there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/no-sane-person-wants-hell-to-exist-no-sane-person-wants-evil-to-exist/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/peter-kreeft-820_auschwitz_no-sane-person-wants-hell-to-exist-no-sa_65313.png) ## Other authors on Doe ## More by Peter Kreeft > [“I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers to God make, and all the people those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/i-strongly-suspect-that-if-we-saw-all-the-difference-even-the-tiniest/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-most-total-opposite-of-pleasure-is-not-pain-but-boredom-for-we/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [God's love is as objective as light. Because the sun in a sense is light, or the source of light rather than being lit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/god-s-love-is-as-objective-as-light-because-the-sun-in-a-sense-is/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-self-is-like-a-baseball-throw-it-back-to-the-divine-pitcher-who/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/how-will-the-tower-of-babel-be-undone-how-will-we-understand-each/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/humility-is-the-marriage-bond-of-heaven-pride-is-the-frigidity-of-hell/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [“Socrates says we must be either fools because we think we are wise, or wise because we know we are fools. Christ says we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/socrates-says-we-must-be-either-fools-because-we-think-we-are-wise-or/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [No sane person wants hell to exist. No sane person wants evil to exist. But hell is just evil eternalized. If there is evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/no-sane-person-wants-hell-to-exist-no-sane-person-wants-evil-to-exist/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/science-only-answers-the-question-how-does-it-work-or-at-most-what-s/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-most-compelling-evidence-for-god-s-existence-is-christ-if-god/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [“One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/one-moment-of-prayer-of-weak-worship-confused-contrition-tepid/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [God's interventions are miracles: events that cannot happen by merely natural agents but only by a supernatural agent. They no more interfere with our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/god-s-interventions-are-miracles-events-that-cannot-happen-by-merely/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [“And what is consensus? It means a majority of the individuals in a society coming together and agreeing to make their values into laws,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/and-what-is-consensus-it-means-a-majority-of-the-individuals-in-a/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [Love is the binding force on every level of existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/love-is-the-binding-force-on-every-level-of-existence/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) > [We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/we-can-t-believe-what-we-believe-to-be-untrue-and-we-can-t-love-what/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/peter-kreeft/#itemlist", "name": "14 Doe Quotes By Peter Kreeft", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Joy is not a feeling in us. 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Also, discrepancies are not unjust by themselves; justice does not mean equality of result but equality of opportunity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Kreeft" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/god-allows-unjust-disparities-between-rich-and-poor-because-he-does/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/peter-kreeft-820_discrepancies_god-allows-unjust-disparities-between-ri_1381044.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/peter-kreeft-820_discrepancies_god-allows-unjust-disparities-between-ri_1381044.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/peter-kreeft-820_discrepancies_god-allows-unjust-disparities-between-ri_1381044.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God allows unjust disparities between rich and poor because He does not miraculously intervene to establish…” — Peter Kreeft", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was the desire to be better than others. The new, democratic form is the desire not to have anyone better than yourself. It is just as spiritually deadly and does not even carry with it the false pleasure of gloating superiority.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Kreeft" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/we-modern-egalitarians-are-tempted-to-the-primal-sin-of-pride-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/peter-kreeft-820_aristocratic_we-modern-egalitarians-are-tempted-to-th_1344878.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/peter-kreeft-820_aristocratic_we-modern-egalitarians-are-tempted-to-th_1344878.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/peter-kreeft-820_aristocratic_we-modern-egalitarians-are-tempted-to-th_1344878.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. 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You never find humanity on your doorstep, stinking and begging.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Kreeft" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/agape-s-object-is-always-the-concrete-individual-not-some-abstraction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/peter-kreeft-820_abstraction_agape-s-object-is-always-the-concrete-in_956301.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/peter-kreeft-820_abstraction_agape-s-object-is-always-the-concrete-in_956301.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/peter-kreeft-820_abstraction_agape-s-object-is-always-the-concrete-in_956301.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Agape's object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity. 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