Criss Jami Quotes - Page 8

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• Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.

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  Self, Needs, Veins

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.113, Criss Jami

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• To love without need or without expectation of restitution, that is how we ought to love.

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  Expectations, Needs, Restitution

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

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• For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not to do so. The skeptic endlessly demands proof, yet God refuses to insult the true intelligence of man, the '6th sense', the chief quality, the acumen which distinguishes man from the rest of creation, faith.

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  Christian, Atheist, Disappointment

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

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• I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.

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  Believe, Fighting, Joy

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.103, Criss Jami

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• Some things are so silly they have a certain brilliance to them. Other things, set as standards for brilliance and therefore exalted by many who don't know why, become tarnished because of it.

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  Silly, Certain, Standards

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.6, Criss Jami

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• Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

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  Motivational, Ambition, Purpose

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.83, Criss Jami

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• Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.

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  Different, Speech, Littles

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

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• One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light.

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  Successful, Artist, Light

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.94, Criss Jami

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• A mature heart for Christ would much rather spend its time praising him than condemning his fanatics.

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  Heart, Mature, Christ

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.8, Criss Jami

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• Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

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  Business, Offensive, Feels

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.118, Criss Jami

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• When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.

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  Judging, People, Evil

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.90, Criss Jami

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• Normality is the new eccentric.

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  Eccentric, Normality

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.7, Criss Jami

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• The evangelist is the world's hopeless romantic, and just like a hopeless romantic, he must hope for the miracle of God more than the romance itself.

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  Romance, Miracle, Hopeless Romantic

  Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.37, Criss Jami

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• Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving God a weak name. He's not as simple as conservative versus liberal, old versus new. His wings are balanced. God is both and neither.

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  Simple, Names, Wings

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.8, Criss Jami

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• You maintain hope for humanity as an infinite skeptic of gossip and slander. In all mankind's desires for entertainment and exaggeration and sensationalism, when it comes to gossip, the individual always sounds worse than he really is. This is why adhering to gossip subtly affects the mental state of the listener - he goes on holding shady opinions regardless of where the realities of their lights and darknesses may stand.

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  Reality, Light, Gossip

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.6, Criss Jami

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• Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil.

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  Roots, Evil, Has Beens

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.71, Criss Jami

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• Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

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  Wise, Patience, Insecure

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.92, Criss Jami

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• A god who gave us everything we wanted would be the most malevolent god of all. With an infantile curiosity, we insist on tasting the cockroach on the floor while our father is preparing a magnificent feast for us.

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  Father, Curiosity, Cockroaches

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.9, Criss Jami

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• When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.

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  Attitude, Justice, World News

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

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• One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people.

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  Mean, Self, People

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• The only honorable, desirable kind of fear that shouldn't be feared is the fear of harm on a loved one. It's the kind of fear that leads to self-sacrifice and the kind of fear where you would truly jump in front of a bus to save another.

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  Sacrifice, Self, Kind

  Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.103, Criss Jami

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• Ingredients to success: know what you do well, know what to do well, and know someone who's swell.

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  Ingredients, Wells, Knows

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.20, Criss Jami

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• Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal.

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  Reality, Guy, Genius

  Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.30, Criss Jami

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• Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on

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  Forgiveness, Moving, Character

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

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• History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual teachers. Ironically, their congregations would probably be the ones hiding their faces from the accuracies of truth speakers like Christ. Now, Christ was the complete opposite of negative, however the danger is that truth is often misunderstood as negativity by those who are constantly taught to only seek flattery.

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  Spiritual, Teacher, Opposites

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

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