Criss Jami, Venus In Arms Quotes
In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.
Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.
In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.
An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.
Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to be greater and wiser.
If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.
When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.
Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.
Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.
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.
Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option.
I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.
There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper...
Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of meAnd it starts from the heart 'til it reaches my outer me
