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God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.

God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.

Peter Kreeft
Believe, Eye, Giving

When you give yourself away you find that a new and more real self has somehow been given to you.

Peter Kreeft
Real, Self, Giving
Peter Kreeft (1988). “Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics”, p.186, Ignatius Press

Remembering the facts of death and Heaven gives us an even more pressing reason to learn to pray: We do not have an infinite amount of time. We are one day nearer Home today than we ever were before. I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead.'

Peter Kreeft
Home, Giving, Heaven
Peter Kreeft (2000). “Prayer for Beginners”, p.17, Ignatius Press

If we had absolute proof instead of clues, then you could no more deny God than you could deny the sun. If we had no evidence at all, you could never get there. God gives us just enough evidence so that those who want him can have him.

Peter Kreeft
Giving, Want, Sun

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
Sacrifice, Self, Giving

Reason alone cannot give you a whole steak, but it sure helps with identifying bologna.

Peter Kreeft
Giving, Bologna, Helping

There is no effective rational answer to the challenge: "But give me a reason why I should love someone who does not deserve it." Love is the highest thing. There can be no higher reason to justify it.

Peter Kreeft
Love, Giving, Challenges
Peter Kreeft (2009). “The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”, p.42, Ignatius Press

Envy, though not the greatest sin, is the only one that gives the sinner no pleasure at all, not even fake and temporary satisfaction.

Peter Kreeft
Giving, Envy, Fake
Peter Kreeft (2016). “Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion”, p.76, Ignatius Press

I want to give moral relativism the good spanking it deserves.

Peter Kreeft
Giving, Catholic, Absolutism

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