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Right Response to Reality—the Three R’s—is the fundamental principle of morality, of sanctity, and of sanity.

Peter Kreeft

Right Response to Reality—the Three R’s—is the fundamental principle of morality, of sanctity, and of sanity.

It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.

Peter Kreeft

It is reasonable to love the Absolute absolutely for the same reason it is reasonable to love the relative relatively.

Tags: absolutism, catholicism, christianity, god, jesus shock, love, philosophy, reasonable, relativism, spirituality

About Author
Peter John Kreeft (; born March 16, 1937) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is the author of over eighty books on Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God in their Handbook of Christian Apologetics.

We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.

Peter Kreeft

We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.

Tags: christ, christianity, cross, excess love, god, inspirational, jesus, jesus shock, love, philosophy

Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone...

Peter Kreeft

Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone...

Tags: christ, christianity, heaven, hell, jesus, jesus christ, jesus shock, meeting jesus, philosophy, shock

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

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.

Tags: catholicism, christianity, deism, deist, god, jesus shock, philosophy, presence of god, theism, theist

The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his lifeuntil he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became the troubadour of Lady Poverty.

Peter Kreeft

The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his lifeuntil he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became the troubadour of Lady Poverty.

Tags: catholicism, christ, christianity, francis of assisi, jesus shock, lady poverty, philosophy, saint francis, st francis of assisi, theology

From the premise that Christianity is true it follows that the far-off glimpse of joy produced by fantasy is a glimpse of truth; that a great eucatastrophic tale like is a gift of divine grace, an op...

Peter Kreeft

From the premise that Christianity is true it follows that the far-off glimpse of joy produced by fantasy is a glimpse of truth; that a great eucatastrophic tale like is a gift of divine grace, an op...

This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.

Peter Kreeft

This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.

Tags: catholicism, christianity, god, jesus shock, love, philosophy, secret of life, self giving, spirituality

The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why...

Peter Kreeft

The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why...

Tags: faith, god, prayer, sufferings

By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an apple with a bite out of it.

Peter Kreeft

By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an apple with a bite out of it.

Tags: apple, apple computer inc, bible, catholicism, christianity, forbidden fruit, garden of eden, genesis, humor, jesus shock

Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia.

Peter Kreeft

Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia.

Tags: catholicism, christianity, jesus shock, philosophy, sloth, spirituality, theology, violence

In reality, the damned are in the same place as the saved—in reality! But they hate it; it is their Hell. The saved love it, and it is their Heaven. It is like two people sitting side by side at an op...

Peter Kreeft

In reality, the damned are in the same place as the saved—in reality! But they hate it; it is their Hell. The saved love it, and it is their Heaven. It is like two people sitting side by side at an op...

Tags: damnation, divine love, eternal punishment, heaven, hell, wrath of god

What our Heavenly Father wants us to do about our spiritual failures is like what our earthly father wants us to do about our earthly failures. When we fall off the horse, or the bike, or the high roa...

Peter Kreeft

What our Heavenly Father wants us to do about our spiritual failures is like what our earthly father wants us to do about our earthly failures. When we fall off the horse, or the bike, or the high roa...

Tags: faith, god, humilty, perseverance, trust

Not all who listen, believe. If you call the Gospel a crazy fairy tale, a far-too-good-to-be-true myth, an insane extension of wishful thinking, or even a blasphemous lie, I will respect you and argue...

Peter Kreeft

Not all who listen, believe. If you call the Gospel a crazy fairy tale, a far-too-good-to-be-true myth, an insane extension of wishful thinking, or even a blasphemous lie, I will respect you and argue...

Tags: jesus, jesus shock, peter kreeft

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

Peter Kreeft

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

God is love, and music is the language of love; therefore, music is the language of God. Music is a language more profound than words. How often have you heard a great piece of music and felt that? Gr...

Peter Kreeft

God is love, and music is the language of love; therefore, music is the language of God. Music is a language more profound than words. How often have you heard a great piece of music and felt that? Gr...

Tags: god, language of love, love, meaning, music

Praying anywhere can easily become praying nowhere, just as praying anytime can easily become praying at no time. Everything in general becomes nothing in particular.

Peter Kreeft

Praying anywhere can easily become praying nowhere, just as praying anytime can easily become praying at no time. Everything in general becomes nothing in particular.

Tags: particular, prayer

When I say The good man gave his good dog a good meal, I use good analogically, for there is at the same time a similarity and a difference between a good man, a good dog, and a good meal. All three a...

Peter Kreeft

When I say The good man gave his good dog a good meal, I use good analogically, for there is at the same time a similarity and a difference between a good man, a good dog, and a good meal. All three a...

Tags: philosophy, rhetoric

One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility.

Peter Kreeft

One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility.

Tags: humility is a good friend, prayer

   13. Moderation is dull. (Read G. K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy and The Man Who Was Thursday to refute that cliché.)

Peter Kreeft

   13. Moderation is dull. (Read G. K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy and The Man Who Was Thursday to refute that cliché.)