Peter Kreeft
Peter Kreeft
Peter John Kreeftis a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. He is the author of numerous books as well as a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
mean mind ends
An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth.
faith inspiration heart
Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts.
christian life-changing evil
The church is: a conspiracy of love for a dying world, a spy mission into enemy occupied territory ruled by the powers of evil; a prophet from God with the greatest news the world has ever heard, the most life changing and most revolutionary institution that has existed on earth.
heart mind needs
We need to have the mind of a conservative and the heart of a liberal.
home giving heaven
Remembering the facts of death and Heaven gives us an even more pressing reason to learn to pray: We do not have an infinite amount of time. We are one day nearer Home today than we ever were before. I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead.'
religion way anthem
The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way."
cheating lying divorce
No one justifies lying, cheating, betraying, promise breaking, devastating and harming strangers. But we expect and we tolerate doing this to the one person in the world we promised most seriously to be faithful to forever: we justify divorce.
jesus mean names
We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator, an unhappy, Godless self to a happy, God-filled self Only God can save us from this disease. That is what the name "Jesus" means: 'God saves'.
faith loneliness inspiration
If you love, you will suffer. The only way to protect yourself against suffering is to protect yourself against love - and that is the greatest suffering of all, loneliness.
philosophy caring moral-absolutism
Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.
honesty things-in-life harm
One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.
faith inspiration age
In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.
mother prayer powerful
I think nobody alive today is a more powerful agent of conversion than someone like Mother Teresa. You can refute arguments but not her life. When she came to the National Prayer Breakfast and lectured President Clinton about abortion, he had nothing to say to her. He can't argue with a saint. It's too bad there isn't an easier way, because becoming a saint is not the easiest thing in the world. It's much easier to become an apologist or a philosopher or a theologian.
opposites atheism christianity
The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry.