Peter Kreeft Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked.

  Peter Kreeft

  Jesus, Opposites, Joy

• There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.

  Peter Kreeft

  Faith, Inspiration, Joy

• Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything — your sin, your smallness, your stupidity — you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heart’s deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy. Would you not return fearless and singing? What can earth do to you, if you are guaranteed heaven? To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny — less, a scratch on a penny.

  Peter Kreeft

  Crazy, Heart, Loss

  Peter Kreeft (1989). “Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing”, p.82, Ignatius Press

• We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator, an unhappy, Godless self to a happy, God-filled self Only God can save us from this disease. That is what the name "Jesus" means: 'God saves'.

  Peter Kreeft

  Jesus, Mean, Self

  Peter Kreeft (2000). “Prayer for Beginners”, p.36, Ignatius Press

• Gratitude is the seedbed of joy.

  Peter Kreeft

  Gratitude, Joy

  Peter Kreeft (1992). “Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion”, p.122, Ignatius Press

• Joy is not a feeling in us. Joy does not enter into us. We enter into joy: "Enter into the joy of your Lord" (Mt 25:21).

  Peter Kreeft

  Joy, Feelings, Doe

• The secret of joy is hidden in the word itself: first J, then O, then Y: Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.

  Peter Kreeft

  Jesus, Joy, Secret

  Peter Kreeft (2009). “The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”, p.138, Ignatius Press

• God alone has the secret of eternal life and joy.

  Peter Kreeft

  Joy, Secret, Eternal Life

  Source: brandonvogt.com

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