Philosophy Quote by Peter Kreeft — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.”

“Stand in the divine rain, and seeds of wisdom will grow in your soul.”

“The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.”

“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.”

“Only God may be adored, because only God is unlimited goodness, truth, and beauty, and thus only God deserves unlimited love.”

“We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.”

“The greatest revolutions begin in whispers of possibility.”

“If Relativity Theory kills our deepest convictions, why not start by finding out why we believed in them for millennia?”

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”

“Life is an essay you yourself have to write, start to finish.”

“An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.”

“you got a sad story, ruth,' mimba said. 'but not sad-sad. you here with me and cato and all us together now. you have a happy-sad story. best you can get in this life is happy-sad. but you always gotta remember your own mama that birthed you. even though you only got a crumb of her story, you still got to say her name out loud. you always honor your dead, else you get trouble from them, sure.”