Peter Kreeft Quotes

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• 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. Altar
• When we pray, instead of trying to produce love in our souls toward God, we should be basking in God's love for us. How foolish… Artificial
• Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls… Doctor
• Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters. All
• If we had absolute proof instead of clues, then you could no more deny God than you could deny the sun. If we had no… Absolute
• I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be… Able
• On my door is a cartoon of two turtles. One says, 'Sometimes I would like to ask why he allows poverty, famine and injustice when… Afraid
• 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… Allows
• All human beings have a right to life. Our unborn children are members of the human race. They're human beings, so they have a right… All
• The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived. Biggest
• You don't have to convince Muslims of God's existence or importance. Convince
• Anyone, without exception, can know God if they really want to simply by praying, by honestly telling Him that they want to know Him. He… All
• 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 free… Agent
• Our life here on Earth has as its purpose precisely to prepare for our eternal happiness. This world is a large womb. It is a… All
• Cats don't need to be possessed; they're evil on their own. Cat
• If God is the Creator of all things and evil is a thing, then God is the Creator of evil and He is to be… All
• In an age of hope men looked up at the night sky and saw “the heavens." In an age of hopelessness they call it simply… Age
• We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well. Avoid
• We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal. Belief
• One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth. Cannot Possibly

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