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Do you know any better way to make saints than to be one yourself?

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
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Saints
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Moral relativism says morality is relative, not absolute, I want to show moral relativism, in its popular form, is logically incoherent.
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In every sin, we choose to believe the devil's lie rather than God's truth.
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Everything smaller than Heaven bores us because only Heaven is bigger than our hearts.
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The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.
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The Inquisition confused sin with sinners and judged both. Modern Americans make the same mistake but judge neither.
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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.
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Most people believe you have to have some moral absolutes if you want to hold back chaos.
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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.
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The key to faith is love. We believe only if we love. Trust is the middle term only if we love, do we trust and only if we trust, do we believe.
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Sacraments are like hoses. They are the channels of the living water of God's grace. Our faith is like opening the faucet. We can open it a lot, a little, or not at all.
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Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.
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We can't avoid reasoning we can only avoid doing it well.
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Great saints have often been made out of great sinners, but not one was ever made out of a wimp.
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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.'
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