Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God.
– Peter Kreeft
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- The practice of the presence of God, though we begin it at special times of prayer, is designed to spill out and over and into all times. – Peter Kreeft
- At school we learn the theory to do the practice, but they didn’t teach you that in real life you learn from the practice to know the theory – Goitsemang Mvula
- Courage is not the absence of fear. Hope is not the absence of trouble. Joy is not the absence of pain. Love is not the absence of obstacles. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they’re so empirically familiar with how atheists think. – Criss Jami
- 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
- God is in the best, and also the worst. God is in the presence, and also in the absence. God is in the power, and also in the powerlessness. – Rob Bell
- Practice silence, practice patience, practice to love every existence, peace will be there. – Debasish Mridha
- You do not have to wait until you become a saint. [Prayer] is the way to become a saint. – Peter Kreeft
- The single most important piece of advice about prayer is one word: Begin! – Peter Kreeft
- Léon Bloy wrote: ‘Life holds only one tragedy: not to have been a saint – Peter Kreeft
- There is something in us that fears prayer as a maggot fears light. We must do violence to this voice, for it is not ourselves. It is our Enemy. – Peter Kreeft
- It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. – Peter Kreeft
- Feelings are wonderful decorations, but they are not a foundation to build on. – Peter Kreeft
- Feelings, like waves, look more substantial than they are. – Peter Kreeft
- Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto. – Peter Kreeft
- God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He is doing least. – CS Lewis
- I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards -“ Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. – Zooey Deschanel
- Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. – Immanuel Kant
- Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play. – Immanuel Kant
- The theory of Economics must begin with a correct theory of consumption. – William Stanley Jevons
- How many would protest if restaurants began serving puppy and kitten flesh instead of calves? Robins instead of hens? Squirrels instead of pigs? – Mango Wodzak
- Peace and love is the absence of religion in the presence of God. – Alin Sav
- Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately. – Anne Frank
- Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately. – Anne Frank
- We must practice the Presence of God. Jesus said, -œLo, I am with you always- [Matthew 28:20]. Remember, Christ is always near us. – Billy Graham
- He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast. – Leonardo da Vinci
- ????ography is the theory, and rape is the practice. – Robin Morgan
- Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice. – Alison Bechdel
- Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful. – Marty Rubin
- I want to affirm that thinking and living, knowing and doing, theory and practice intersect. – Namsoon Kang
- We don’t need unity in theory, we need solidarity in practice. – Curious George Brigade
- Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Absence makes the bloody ????? wander. ~ Heartbreak’s A Bitch! – SM Phillips
- Peace is not the absence of war but the absence of fear. – Ursula Franklin
- Peace is not the absence of war-”peace is the absence of fear. – Ursula Franklin
- Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else’s interest before one’s own. – Michelle Cohen Corasanti
- Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage. – Neal A Maxwell
- But the absence of tears wasn’t the same as an absence of feeling. – Lisa Kleypas
- The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence – Mantra
- Whoever thought up the phrase -˜Absence makes the heart grow founder’ was an idiot.Absence makes a bitch go crazy. -Elli, While Shea is Away – Toni Aleo
- It is not the presence of despair that ails you, but the absence of hope. – Saim Cheeda