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Great saints have often been made out of great sinners, but not one was ever made out of a wimp.

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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If you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining If you want to be a saint, find one and hang out with him.
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The opposite of Christianity is not atheism, but idolatry.
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If a person claims to have met Jesus without being changed then they have not met the real Jesus.
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Envy, though not the greatest sin, is the only one that gives the sinner no pleasure at all, not even fake and temporary satisfaction.
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The secret of joy is hidden in the word itself: first J, then O, then Y: Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.
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The modern mind always tends to reduce the greater to the lesser rather than seeing the lesser as reflecting the greater.
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