Quotes by Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners

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Saint Thomas Aquinas says, wisely, that the only way to drive out a bad passion is by a stronger good passion. The same — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child ho — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try." Now count the times it tells us to " — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
God really performs the miracle of multiplying our time, but only if we give it to him first. — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hos — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would b — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
If we rely on anything else besides faith to maintain the practice of the presence of God, we will certainly fail, wheth — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
Trusting God's grace means trusting God's love for us rather than our love for God. […] Therefore our prayers should con — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
It is true, as John Bunyan said, that God infinitely prefers a heart without words to words without a heart when we pray — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
What our Heavenly Father wants us to do about our spiritual failures is like what our earthly father wants us to do abou — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
We are not free to love God insofar as we are enslaved to creatures. And we all are. We are addicted to whatever we cann — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
Our conversation with God should be utterly free and familiar, because God is the only person who will never, ever misun — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
Prayer is essentially the practice of the presence of God, and that is the road to Heaven. There is no alternative. God — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
The practice of the presence of God, though we begin it at special times of prayer, is designed to spill out and over an — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
You do not have to wait until you become a saint. [Prayer] is the way to become a saint. — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
To invoke Jesus' name is to place yourself in his presence, to open yourself to his power, his energy. The prayer of Jes — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
The single most important piece of advice about prayer is one word: Begin! — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
Léon Bloy wrote: 'Life holds only one tragedy: not to have been a saint — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
When we pray, instead of trying to produce love in our souls toward God, we should be basking in God's love for us. How — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners