Quotes from Peter Kreeft

According to God's book, there is "a time to weep and a time to laugh" (Ecclesiastes 3:4). The surest sign that our culture is in deep doo-doo is that we are increasingly sure that this is a time to weep and increasingly doubtful that it is a time to laugh.

There—fore what is contrary to human nature is contrary to God's will.

After a lifetime in academia, I have discovered that there is only one requirement for someone to actually believe any of the one hundred most absurd ideas possible for a human mind to conceive: you must be an intellectual. Some ideas are so ridiculous that only a Ph.D. could believe them.

Socrates says we must be either fools because we think we are wise, or wise because we know we are fools. Christ says we must be either sinners who think we are saints, or saints who know we are sinners. Even

All the way to Heaven is Heaven", said Saint Catherine of Siena. We

It's like a government agency that really works.

Hence the fact that some happen to doubt about articles of faith is not due to the uncertain nature of the truths, but to the weakness of human intelligence;

The heart spiritually is the will, not the feelings. It is under our control. Feelings are not.

1) Physical gravity is a physical form of love. That little rock is falling because it's in love with the big rock called the earth.

All that exists is metaphysically true and metaphysically good.

Pure truth is possible, but pure falsehood is not.

The world thinks men are good and saints are better. Pascal knows men are sinners and saints are miracles.