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• In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.

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  Bullying, Land, Excellence

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.98, Criss Jami

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• Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.

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  Men, Thinking, Want

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.69, Criss Jami

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• A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

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  Running, Delight, Mouths

  Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.26, Criss Jami

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• All the good stuff has already been said by someone somewhere at some point in time. You just have to find it. Today, communication pretty much comes down to understanding - saying what you have to say clearly and effectively...and then living it.

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  Communication, Understanding, Stuff

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.31, Criss Jami

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• We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.

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  Fall, Giving, Trying

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.27, Criss Jami

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• When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.

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  Humble, Underestimate, Authenticity

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

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• There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

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  Inspirational, Strong, Ugly Duckling

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.47, Criss Jami

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• Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.

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  Sympathy, Needs, Helping

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.95, Criss Jami

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• Old words are reborn with new faces.

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  Faces, Reborn, New Faces

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.64, Criss Jami

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• It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.

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  Men, Freedom Of Speech, Protect

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.28, Criss Jami

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• A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth.

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  Selfish, Real, Hard Work

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• A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.

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  Heart, Doe, Spirit

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.85, Criss Jami

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• A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.

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  Ideas, People, Want

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.43, Criss Jami

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• I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.

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  Passion, Apathy, Hot

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.89, Criss Jami

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• In the end, only God can see the heart of an individual and distinguish the difference between legalistic deadweight and the passion of holy solemnity.

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  Passion, Heart, Differences

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.35, Criss Jami

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• Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.'

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  Maturity, Able

  Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.46, Criss Jami

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• If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.

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  Hate, People, Controversial

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.104, Criss Jami

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• Society tells me to follow my own truth, but I don't let society tell me what to do. If you need someone to tell you that, chances are you're part of the crowd that will move on to the next fashion that comes around.

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  Fashion, Moving, Crowds

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.4, Criss Jami

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• Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease.

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  Father, Son, Self

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.70, Criss Jami

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• Faith, in its most correct form, never removes responsibility; it removes fear of responsibility. The results are complete opposites with the greater saying, 'God's will is my delight.'

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  Responsibility, Opposites, Delight

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.129, Criss Jami

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• I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace.

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  Self, Contentment, Taught

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.93, Criss Jami

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• Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.

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  Intelligent, Technology, Thinking

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.10, Criss Jami

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• Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.

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  Mistake, Pride, Denial

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

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• I'm not offended until you think I'm offended.

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  Thinking, Offended

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.13, Criss Jami

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• When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.

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  Individual, Incompetence, Capacity

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.22, Criss Jami

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