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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.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
Nice
Heads
Starved
Culture
Hearts
Wallets
Facts
Filled
Stuffed
Heart
Hero
Catholicism
People
Meaning
Feds
Mystery
Thirst
Produce
Produces
Wonder
Heroes
Emptied

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