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Criss Jami Quotes - Page 12

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In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information. The basket overflows; people get overwhelmed; the eye of the storm is not so much what goes on in the world, it is the confusion of how

In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information. The basket overflows; people get overwhelmed; the eye of the storm is not so much what goes on in the world, it is the confusion of how to think, feel, digest, and react to what goes on.

Fear, Eye, Technology

Criss Jami (2012). “Venus in Arms”, p.22, Criss Jami

I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.

Fear, Fire, People

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.57, Criss Jami

Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you try to discern a painter by his paintings. His masterpiece may be the master because of its iridescence; it may display a hundred different perspectives through his single face.

Heart, Artist, Perspective

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

Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth.

Jobs, Laughter, Heart

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.102, Criss Jami

The crazy creatives are the creatives who never go completely mad. They aren't so easily disheartened by the seemingly endless amounts of scrutiny that creative individuals tend to receive because they, like insanity, are the ones who feed off of opposition and negative feedback and manage to continue along with a healthy ambition. It is the crazy that teaches us to use our gifts wisely and own all the attackers.

Crazy, Ambition, Mad

Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.'

Opinion, Open Mindedness

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

Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.

Settlement, Internals, Visible

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.126, Criss Jami

Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive.

Beautiful, Mistake, Mean

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.99, Criss Jami

After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is.

Mouths, Action, Realizing

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.117, Criss Jami

Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever

Clever, Cleverness

Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.51, Criss Jami

I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.

Strong, Rigor Mortis, Enemy

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.111, Criss Jami

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.

Men, Special, Doe

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.90, Criss Jami

Everyone claims to be okay with freedom of religion, but the moment you mention God there is a strange tension that fills the air. If there was a 6th sense, that would be it.

Air, Would Be, Strange

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.99, Criss Jami

Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank.

Mean, Imagination, Doe

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.99, Criss Jami

The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.

Hater, Pride, Men

Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.82, Criss Jami

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.

Attitude, Justice, World News

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.104, Criss Jami

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.

People, Mad, Guessing

Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.30, Criss Jami

One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing the answer 'no' time and time again, so he turns to and cultivates, monopolizes in his one talent which others cannot possibly subdue. Then, beyond the crowds of criticism and rejection, the right people recognize his talent - among them he finds his stage.

Bullying, People, Rejection

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.131, Criss Jami

We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts.

Men, Thinking, Nuts

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.47, Criss Jami

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.

Misunderstood, Genius, Fool

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.74, Criss Jami

Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos.

Cosmos, Genius, World

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.98, Criss Jami

One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light.

Successful, Artist, Light

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.94, Criss Jami

It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render it. The question is, 'Who, between opposing forces, would do such a thing?' It seems only theoretical albeit true that men who accept an objective rather than subjective moral standard are, in a general sense, more capable of making such sacrifices for the sake of peace.

Sacrifice, Men, Order

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.85, Criss Jami

Everyone judges constantly: positively judging one person is the same as negatively judging everyone else; it is to say that that person is superior in some sense.

Judging, Persons, Positively

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.94, Criss Jami

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

World, Definitions, Definition Of Love

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.126, Criss Jami

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