--- title: "28 Ifs Quotes By Peter Kreeft" description: "28 Ifs quotes by Peter Kreeft. Plus more from Peter Kreeft and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/peter-kreeft-820_believe_the-key-to-faith-is-love-we-believe-only_2086941.png" --- > [The key to faith is love. We believe only if we love. Trust is the middle term; only if we love, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-key-to-faith-is-love-we-believe-only-if-we-love-trust-is-the/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/peter-kreeft-820_believe_the-key-to-faith-is-love-we-believe-only_2086941.png) > [If God is not a Trinity, God is not love. For love requires three things: a lover, a beloved, and a relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-god-is-not-a-trinity-god-is-not-love-for-love-requires-three/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/peter-kreeft-820_beloved_if-god-is-not-a-trinity-god-is-not-love_1334927.png) > [If you didn't believe in objective truth, arguments would be just toys, or games, or jokes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-you-didn-t-believe-in-objective-truth-arguments-would-be-just-toys/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/peter-kreeft-820_absolutism_if-you-didn-t-believe-in-objective-truth_3102316.png) > [If you truly love God and His will, then doing what you will, will, in fact, be doing what God wills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-you-truly-love-god-and-his-will-then-doing-what-you-will-will-in/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/peter-kreeft-820_facts_if-you-truly-love-god-and-his-will-then_2404345.png) > [If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-we-turn-to-the-divine-conductor-and-follow-the-wise-and-loving/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/peter-kreeft-820_baton_if-we-turn-to-the-divine-conductor-and-f_2674216.png) > [If a person claims to have met Jesus without being changed then they have not met the real Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-a-person-claims-to-have-met-jesus-without-being-changed-then-they/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/peter-kreeft-820_changed_if-a-person-claims-to-have-met-jesus-wit_429100.png) > [If you are truly confident about something, you welcome honest questions about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-you-are-truly-confident-about-something-you-welcome-honest/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/peter-kreeft-820_confidence_if-you-are-truly-confident-about-somethi_1630541.png) > [If there is a God, there is a map. If God has a map, his map is the true map.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-there-is-a-god-there-is-a-map-if-god-has-a-map-his-map-is-the-true/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/peter-kreeft-820_god_if-there-is-a-god-there-is-a-map-if-god_1281165.png) > [This is the reason why it is crucial to distinguish anger from hatred. There is a kind of anger (nonsinful kind) which...is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/this-is-the-reason-why-it-is-crucial-to-distinguish-anger-from-hatred/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/peter-kreeft-820_crucial_this-is-the-reason-why-it-is-crucial-to_220869.jpg) > [Our soul, like Mary's body, is to receive God Himself if only we, like her, believe, consent and receive; if only we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/our-soul-like-mary-s-body-is-to-receive-god-himself-if-only-we-like/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/peter-kreeft-820_believe_our-soul-like-mary-s-body-is-to-receive_1076962.png) > [The most striking feature if this map is the stark fat of the Two Roads. There is the road that leads to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-most-striking-feature-if-this-map-is-the-stark-fat-of-the-two/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/peter-kreeft-820_evil_the-most-striking-feature-if-this-map-is_2970298.png) > [Why would the apostles lie?…Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/why-would-the-apostles-lie-liars-always-lie-for-selfish-reasons-if/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/peter-kreeft-820_apostles_why-would-the-apostles-lie-liars-always_2623583.jpg) > [If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-you-love-you-will-suffer-the-only-way-to-protect-yourself-against/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/peter-kreeft-820_against-love_if-you-love-you-will-suffer-the-only-way_1797110.jpg) > [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) > [Now if the religious skeptic is right, we can know nothing about God. And if we can know nothing about God, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/now-if-the-religious-skeptic-is-right-we-can-know-nothing-about-god/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/peter-kreeft-820_agnosticism_now-if-the-religious-skeptic-is-right-we_1793150.jpg) > [If we had absolute proof instead of clues, then you could no more deny God than you could deny the sun. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-we-had-absolute-proof-instead-of-clues-then-you-could-no-more-deny/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/peter-kreeft-820_absolutes_if-we-had-absolute-proof-instead-of-clue_425232.png) > [If the churches ever did reunite, it would have to be into something that was as sacramental and liturgical and authoritative as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-the-churches-ever-did-reunite-it-would-have-to-be-into-something/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/peter-kreeft-820_abuse_if-the-churches-ever-did-reunite-it-woul_3141946.jpg) > [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) > [If we rely on anything else besides faith to maintain the practice of the presence of God, we will certainly fail, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-we-rely-on-anything-else-besides-faith-to-maintain-the-practice-of/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/peter-kreeft-820_depends_if-we-rely-on-anything-else-besides-fait_1738757.png) > [But how can we love someone if we don't like him? Easy-we do it to ourselves all the time. We don't always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/but-how-can-we-love-someone-if-we-don-t-like-him-easy-we-do-it-to/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/peter-kreeft-820_care_but-how-can-we-love-someone-if-we-don-t_1309953.png) > [Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/now-suppose-both-death-and-hell-were-utterly-defeated-suppose-the/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d42/peter-kreeft-820_asking_now-suppose-both-death-and-hell-were-utt_2630242.jpg) > [The field of earth and of our human nature is now no longer barren but full of the seed of divine life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/the-field-of-earth-and-of-our-human-nature-is-now-no-longer-barren/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/peter-kreeft-820_barren_the-field-of-earth-and-of-our-human-natu_1779998.jpg) > [If you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining; If you want to be a saint, find one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/if-you-want-to-get-wet-go-out-to-where-it-is-raining-if-you-want-to/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/peter-kreeft-820_hanging-out_if-you-want-to-get-wet-go-out-to-where-i_2595096.png) > [Most people believe you have to have some moral absolutes if you want to hold back chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/most-people-believe-you-have-to-have-some-moral-absolutes-if-you-want/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/peter-kreeft-820_absolutes_most-people-believe-you-have-to-have-som_2707300.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) > [I strongly suspect that if we saw all the difference even the tiniest of our prayers make, and all the people those...prayers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/i-strongly-suspect-that-if-we-saw-all-the-difference-even-the-tiniest-2/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/peter-kreeft-820_awe_i-strongly-suspect-that-if-we-saw-all-th_361329.png) > [Why pray if we cannot change God? ...is that why we pray? To change omniscient Love? Isn't it rather to learn what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/why-pray-if-we-cannot-change-god-is-that-why-we-pray-to-change/) [Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/peter-kreeft-820_change-god_why-pray-if-we-cannot-change-god-is-that_1677188.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/peter-kreeft/#itemlist", "name": "28 Ifs Quotes By Peter Kreeft", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The key to faith is love. 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