Criss Jami Quotes

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It takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done.

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Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.

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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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I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.

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I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go.

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Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

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From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.

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At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.

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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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A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin.

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What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of others.

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The older you get, the more you understand how your conscience works. The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people's perception of you rather than people's perception of you.

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Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

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It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each and every piece, you no longer hesitate to call it work. It's passion. A poet's sense of lyrical accomplishment is then his food and water, his means of survival.

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If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.

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In our worldly perceptions of Jesus, we tend to embrace the kindness of his love ('be encouraged') but not the discipline of his love ('and sin no more'). But with the whole scope of his love, or maturity in Christ, we begin relying on him for guidance where we would prefer him to walk beside us rather than behind us.

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My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.

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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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Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble.

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The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.

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It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

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Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly.

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One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

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The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

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Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.

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I am not here to merely argue about the perplexities regarding theism or philosophy, but to be a light to the world and to reach out to those who long to be a part of that light.

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Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.

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People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them.

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I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side.

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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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