Quotes from Peter Kreeft

we are fallen fools, most of our philosophy is not "the proper use of human reason" but the improper use of human reason.

Since (1) charity is supernatural, and comes only from the real presence of God in the soul (St. Thomas' paragraph 3), and since (2) all men, and not only Christians, are capable of charity (as has been proved in the paragraph above), it follows that (3) all men are capable of accepting the real presence of God in their souls, even if they have defective or mistaken concepts of God.

St. Thomas mentions the three things necessary to attain any end, earthly or Heavenly: knowledge, love, and presence;

Our civilization has moved through three world views: from paganism (no pity and no pacifism) to Christianity (pity but not pacifism) to modernity (pity and pacifism). It is now moving to postmodernity, which is a new pacifism, a pacifism without spiritual warfare, a war on the very notion of spiritual warfare, and a war without pity or mercy for its enemy

Sociologists and anthropologists tell us that religion has three dimensions: creed, code, and cult; or words, works, and worship; or theology, morality, and liturgy.

Expect the world to be Heaven, and it will feel like Hell. Expect it to be Purgatory, and it will feel like Heaven. The two most salient facts about Purgatory are pain and hope, suffering and meaning.

If our faith rests on God's veracity, it has an absolute and eternally unshakable foundation. If it rests on our own mind, it is as secure as sand. Does your faith look like a castle or a sand castle?

The major heresies of our day are not about God but about man.

Judaism, the one and only directly and divinely revealed religion in the world

Grace is not in nature so much as nature is in grace. Saint Thérèse said, on her deathbed, "Everything is grace.

No happiness on earth can be deeper than the happiness that comes from our willing and active submission to God's will even when he wills suffering.

But to observe our neighbor's faults with the intention of looking down upon them or of detracting them . . . is sinful.