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Peter Kreeft is a renowned American philosopher, theologian, and author. Born in 1937, he is known for his contributions to Christian philosophy and logic. Professor Kreeft has taught at several prestigious universities, including Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught philosophy and theology. His extensive body of work covers a wide range of topics from ethics to religious philosophy.

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“It is true, as John Bunyan said, that God infinitely prefers a heart without words to words without a heart when we pray.”

Heart Belief Prayer

Book:Prayer for Beginners

Source: Prayer for Beginners

“Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.”

Trying Heart Holes Marble Canyons Grand Canyon

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“We need to have the mind of a conservative and the heart of a liberal.”

Needs Mind Heart Conservative

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“Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice" people, not heroes.”

People Heart Facts Culture Wonder Nice Mystery Produce Hero Filled Feds Catholicism Thirst Wallets Nice People Jesus Shock

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“The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.”

Men Heart Turns Jesus Shock

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“Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts.”

Heart Inspiration Faith Heaven Bigger Christian Inspirational Bored Catholicism Bores Jesus Shock

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“Atheism is cheap on people, because it snobbishly says nine out of ten people through history have been wrong about God and have had a lie at the core of their hearts.”

People Heart Has Beens Lying Atheism Ten Atheist Core Nine

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“Your heart is like an infinitely large hole, and only God is big enough to fill it.”

Heart Enough Bigs Inspiration Faith Christian Inspirational Holes

Book:Because God Is Real: Sixteen Questions, One Answer

Source: Because God Is Real: Sixteen Questions, One Answer

“The big, blazing truth about man is that he has a heaven-sized hole in his heart, and nothing else can fill it. We pass our lives trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles. As Augustine said: Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.”

Source: Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics

“Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything — your sin, your smallness, your stupidity — you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heart’s deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy. Would you not return fearless and singing? What can earth do to you, if you are guaranteed heaven? To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny — less, a scratch on a penny.”

Source: Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing

“A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love.”

Love Heart Mean Desire Pure Love Life Pure Heart

Book:The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Source: The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

“Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.”

Heart Prayer Transformation Lifting Praying To God

Author:Peter Kreeft

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