Quotes by Peter Kreeft

Peter Kreeft (b. 1937) — Philosophieprofessor und christlicher Apologet · katholisch · USA

Peter Kreeft (* 1937) ist ein US-amerikanischer Philosophieprofessor und katholischer Apologet, der seit 1965 am Boston College lehrt. Bekannt wurde der aus dem Calvinismus konvertierte Denker durch zahlreiche Publikationen, in denen er thomistische Philosophie und sokratische Dialoge allgemeinverständlich zur Erklärung des Glaubens nutzt. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk pointierte Gedanken zu existentiellen Lebens- und Ethikfragen, wenngleich seine Ablehnung des reformatorischen Schriftprinzips und populärphilosophische Vereinfachungen Kritik hervorrufen.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Love, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Discipleship, Meaning & Identity, Humility & Pride, Wisdom & Understanding, Grace & Redemption, Suffering & the Question of God

Quotes by Peter Kreeft

Each of his five wounds were lips speaking your name.
Peter Kreeft

You begin to be when you give yourself away. You find that a new and more real self has somehow been given to you.
Peter Kreeft

The answer is not just a word but the Word; not an idea but a person.
Peter Kreeft

Love is not luv. Love is the cross.
Peter Kreeft

Jesus is the tears of God.
Peter Kreeft

Humility is not an exaggeratedly low opinion of yourself. Humility is self-forgetfulness.
Peter Kreeft

A humble man never tells you how bad he is. He's too busy thinking about you to talk about himself.
Peter Kreeft

Heaven is home. It won't appear strange and faraway and supernatural, but utterly natural. Heaven is what we were designed for.
Peter Kreeft

Feelings come to us, passively; love comes from us, actively, by our free choice.
Peter Kreeft

God is love, as the sun is fire and light, and he can no more stop loving than the sun can stop shining.
Peter Kreeft

Even the sceptic who does not believe in heaven has a heaven-shaped heart.
Peter Kreeft

Only in a world where faith is difficult can faith exist.
Peter Kreeft

Nothing is ours by nature. Our very existence is sheer gift.
Peter Kreeft

Since we are his body, we too are the bread that is broken for others.
Peter Kreeft

Those who truly love heaven will do the most for earth.
Peter Kreeft

The best people are the ones who are most reluctant to call themselves good people.
Peter Kreeft

We are like that child, evil is like the fire, our ignorance is like the smoke, God is like the firefighter, and Christ is like the safety net.
Peter Kreeft

Love's object is always the concrete individual, not some abstraction called humanity.
Peter Kreeft

True love, unlike popular sentimental substitutes, is willing to suffer.
Peter Kreeft

Love makes strength. The weakness of Christ in obeying the Father made him strong because it was the obedience of love.
Peter Kreeft

If God is not a Trinity, God is not love. For love requires three things: a lover, a beloved, and a relationship between them.
Peter Kreeft

The Cross is God's part of the practical solution to evil. Our part, according to the same Gospel, is to repent, to believe, and to work with God in fighting evil by the power of love.
Peter Kreeft

You need faith to love, and you need to love to find joy. Faith, love, and joy are a package deal.
Peter Kreeft

Pride means playing God, demanding to be God.
Peter Kreeft

Love is a flower, and hope is its stem. Salvation is the whole plant.
Peter Kreeft

Difference in role does not mean difference in worth.
Peter Kreeft

Evil is not a thing but a wrong choice, or the damage done by a wrong choice.
Peter Kreeft

God is not off the hook; God is the hook. That's the point of a crucifix.
Peter Kreeft

Joy is deep in the heart, the spirit, the center of the self.
Peter Kreeft

Grandfathers are kind; fathers are loving.
Peter Kreeft

Withness, that is the word of love.
Peter Kreeft

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