Peter Kreeft Quotes

Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.

~ Peter Kreeft

Go back to Socrates: Know thyself. For Socrates, there are only two kinds of people: the wise, who know they are fools; and fools, who think they are wise. Similarly, for Christ and all the prophets, there are only two kinds of people: saints, who know they are sinners; and sinners, who think they are saints. Which are you?

~ Peter Kreeft

Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God.

~ Peter Kreeft

The fires of hell may be made of the very love of God, experienced as torture by those who hate him: the very light of God's truth, hated and fled from in vain by those who love darkness.

~ Peter Kreeft

It is the Godfather, not God the Father, who makes you an offer you can’t refuse.

~ Peter Kreeft

An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.

~ Peter Kreeft

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 to find it in the poets.

~ Peter Kreeft

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 by themselves; justice does not mean equality of result but equality of opportunity.

~ Peter Kreeft