Peter Kreeft Quotes

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by.

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain.

They are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their rational faculties

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.

What do you want to want to be, anyway?" "I don't know; I guess what I want to be is a good Catholic." "What you should say"--he told me--"what you should say is that you want to be a saint.

God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His

Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.

A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.

There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, a sort of 'middle class of holiness'... to which we can all belong.

To be a saint is to be a little out of one's mind, which is a very good thing to be a little out of from time to time. It is to live a life that is always giving itself away and yet is always full.

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

The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff.

We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.

All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father.

We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not God; I will strip my heart of all created things; I will live in poverty and detachment; I will renounce my will, my inclinations, my whims and fancies, and make make myself a willing slave to the will of God.

I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word. This proved meat indeed and drink indeed to my soul. I daily received fresh life, light and power from above.

The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside.

Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.

I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.