Criss Jami Quotes

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God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think.

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The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you.

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There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.

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When we look for success, it should be for the sole purpose of boasting sincerely in Christ. There's no other reason for it. Success is only worth it when the more intense it gets for you, the more you find yourself bragging for his glory rather than your own.

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A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

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It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.

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Emotion is always multiplied in the art of a person who doesn't really show much emotion. It once expanded deep within his hidden soul, and following the downplay his audience is blown away.

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It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

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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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Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

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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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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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Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them.

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To be extremely happy but extremely intelligent is a task of being optimistic without being cheesy.

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I feel as though whenever I create something, my Mr. Hyde wakes up in the middle of the night and starts thrashing it. I sometimes love it the next morning, but other times it is an abomination.

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I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by taking it a step further.

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We have better relationships with those who truly seek us rather than those sitting on the couch watching us move mountains trying to prove ourselves.

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Women show men beauty in things beyond their ambitions. Women tell men to stop and smell the roses.

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Love is without a doubt the laziest theory for the meaning of life, but when it actually comes a time to do it we find just enough energy to over-complicate life again. Any devil can love, whom he himself sees as, a good person who has treated him well, but to love also the polar opposite is what separates love from fickle emotions.

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The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.

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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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Just as some people may conceal their own sinfulness thus seeming better than the norm, others expose their own sinfulness thus seeming worse than the norm.

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When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority.

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When you're truly awesome, you know that it's actually a burden and wish day after day to be relieved of such a curse. Think of about 95% of the superheroes.

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The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.

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Man was created to glorify God. Now, that may encompass other things which God has planned for each man, but essentially, man was created to glorify God.

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Philosophy may serve as the bridge between theology and science. All atheism is a philosophy, but not all philosophy is atheism. Philosophy ('love of wisdom') is simply a tool depending on how one uses it, and in some cases, logically understanding the nature of God and existence.

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Some virtues, when they become fashions, also become exaggerated. Just because nobody likes a judgmental attitude does not mean that there isn't a sort of spoiled, self-righteous hypocrisy when one man obsessively commands other men not to judge without knowing the circumstances without himself, too, knowing their circumstances behind their judgments.

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Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

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The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.

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