Home / Quotes / Quote by Peter Kreeft

Quote by Peter Kreeft

“Other religions are stories of man's search for God. The Bible is the story of God's search for man.”

Quote by Peter Kreeft

Author

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. more

You May Also Like

“Science only answers the question, How does it work? Or at most, What's there? Science asks what and how, philosophy asks why, myth and religion ask who. Who's in charge here? Who's the author? That's what we really long to know.”

Knows Long Doe Philosophy Religion Asks Answers Myth Really Long

Author:Peter Kreeft

“The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.”

Religion Church Lovers Beloved Propose

Author:Pope John Paul II

“The unbeliever imagines that religion pretends to offer answers, while the believer knows that the only promise it makes is to multiply questions.”

Knows Religion Answers Imagine Promise Offers Believer Imagine That Unbelievers

Author:Nicolas Gomez Davila

“There is no scientific proof that only scientific proofs are good proofs; no way to prove by the scientific method that the scientific method is the only valid method.”

Way Religion Prove Method Proof Scientific Method

Author:Peter Kreeft

“When we leave Mass, we ought to go out the way Moses descended Mt Sinai: with his face shining, with his heart brave and strong to face the world's difficulties.”

World Way Heart Faces Religion Strong Ought Mass Difficulty Shining Brave Moses Sinai Brave And Strong

Author:Oscar Romero

“There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.”

Men Self Numbers Respect Clean Shirts Self Respect Cleaning Judaism

Book:A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year

Source: A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year

“Men will surrender to the spirit of the age. They will say that if they had lived in our day, faith would be simple and easy. But in their day, they will say, things are complex; the Church must be brought up to date and made meaningful to the day's problems.”

Ifs Men Made Problem Would Be Age Spirit Religion Easy Church Simple Complexes Meaningful Surrender Up To Date

Author:Anthony of Padua

“This is the reason why it is crucial to distinguish anger from hatred. There is a kind of anger (nonsinful kind) which...is in God himself, while hate is not in God but is in Satan. If we do not clearly distinguish anger from hatred, then we do not clearly distinguish God from Satan!”

Ifs Kind Reason Hate Sin Hatred Reason Why Satan Crucial

Book:Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion

Source: Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion

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

Giving Sin Pleasure Satisfaction Envy Fake Sinner Temporary

Book:Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion

Source: Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion

“Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms. Laying down your arms, surrendering, saying you are sorry, realizing that you have been on the wrong track and getting ready to start life over again from the ground floor-that is the only way out of a "hole." This process of surrender-this movement full speed astern-is repentance.”

Men Way Needs Has Beens Process Realizing Sin Movement Ready Arms Creatures Lays Sorry Track Speed Improvement Surrender Holes Fallen Repentance Rebel Imperfect Laying Down

Author:C. S. Lewis