Criss Jami Quotes
You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.
To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.
Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track.
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.
It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.
Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.
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.
Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.
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.
The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.
There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper.
Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.
Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore.
We are often taught to look for the beauty in all things, so in finding it, the layman asks the philosopher while the philosopher asks the photographer.
When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual.
Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.
It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not.
The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.
If you're capable of despising your own behavior, you might just love yourself.
Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.
Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them.
Christians walk as strangers in the world: They are untamed. They are free. To persevere with love, yet untamed by man, is often what leaves that open space for divine revelation when God so wills.
If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.
An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curveball.
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.
Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on
Tolerance never exists without negative judgment. It is the sentiment of having a negative opinion about something yet still putting up with it.
What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.
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.
I've come to the point where I never feel the need to stop and evaluate whether or not I am happy. I'm just 'being', and without question, by default, it works.
An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.
I am not sure if women are attracted to genius. Can you imagine the wise wizard winning the woman over the gallant swordsman? It seems rather otherworldly in more ways than one.
I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.
I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.
It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.
At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.
It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity.
Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool.
Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.
One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God.
Thoughts are like burning stars, and ideas, they flood, they stretch the universe.
When good people consider you the bad guy, you develop a heart to help the bad ones. You actually understand them.
When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.
The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption.