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Criss Jami Quotes - Page 10

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When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction.

Motivational, Regret, Thinking

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.82, Criss Jami

Great philosophers become immortal - they make undeniable impacts on culture.

Impact, Culture, Philosopher

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.65, Criss Jami

I would say that introverts make some of the best international philosophers. The less common attribute of the introverted lifestyle - a close societal connection, as such a connection disappears or changes in relevance as the currents of the winds change - leaves too much room for one's own cultural bias. Instead, introverts tend to turn inward, the laboratory of being and all its forms. This is the most accurate study of the individual human being, which is in turn, rather than those affected by cultural limitations, the most universal reflection of human understanding and human behavior.

Reflection, Wind, Understanding

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.

Fashion, Attitude, Mean

Credentials are like potential energy, the compliments of a name on paper, in documents, word of mouth, but faith is like kinetic energy, the motion and the force that which is witnessed. Hence in the end it is the faith rather than the credentials that really takes you places.

Names, Energy, Paper

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.65, Criss Jami

I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them.

Running, Opposites, Fans

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.89, Criss Jami

The idea that all souls are mortal is the only notion surely terminating love and all its forms.

Ideas, Soul, Form

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.58, Criss Jami

Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the context of the noun, but most people, if not all, have a bit of genius in them in the context of the adjective.

People, Adjectives, Genius

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.31, Criss Jami

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.

Father, Curiosity, Cockroaches

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

Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.

Roots, Growth, Grows

Criss Jami (2012). “Venus in Arms”, p.34, Criss Jami

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

Pride, Men, Too Much

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.58, Criss Jami

The thing about stereotyping is it's usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it.

Rocks, Crowds, Stereotype

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

An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curveball.

Perspective, Different, Logic

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.48, Criss Jami

What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people's-visions-for-the-future.

Men, People, Vision

What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.

Reality, Thinking, Helping

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.32, Criss Jami

A thief is one who insists on sharing his victimhood.

Thieves, Victimhood

Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.36, Criss Jami

Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression.

Technology, Connections, Information

Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.32, Criss Jami

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.

Artist, Being Different, Labels

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.67, Criss Jami

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

Focus, Meditation, Arrogance

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.108, Criss Jami

Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.

Sunshine, Thunderstorm

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.38, Criss Jami

The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.

Artist, Stories, Wells

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.88, Criss Jami

We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if you want to talk about reality, all of that is completely trivial if this life is an island and He's the only pilot with a plane and a flight plan.

Reality, Thinking, Islands

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.33, Criss Jami

We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.

Children, Parent, Firsts

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.53, Criss Jami

Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

People, Creative, Mediocrity

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.122, Criss Jami

Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.

Humility, Admitting, Egotistical

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.61, Criss Jami

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