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Criss Jami Quotes - Page 13

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I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more

I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you understand God's reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine.

Fear, Writing, Adversity

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.110, Criss Jami

When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because his very nature is already offensive enough.

Men, Trying, Energy

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.116, Criss Jami

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

Leadership, Men, Opposites

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.72, Criss Jami

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

Running, Men, Long

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.93, Criss Jami

Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist's is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as well as moral behaviors for the permanent good of mankind, begins at science but ends at himself, the Napoleon complex of both intelligence and imagination. On the other hand the anti-theist wouldn't survive without a deity beyond himself to hunt. He doesn't pretend, he simply nullifies his own position.

Atheist, Hands, Moral Behavior

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

There is a greater Christian faith than one which settles for the temporal happiness, and that is the augmentation of faith. The more faithful you become, the harder the obstacles get; but the harder the obstacles get, the tougher your spine grows; and the tougher your spine grows, the less dependent you are on man's approval. I came to know this about Christianity when valuing faith before comfort.

Christian, Men, Faithful

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.44, Criss Jami

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.

Thinking, Train Of Thought, Track

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.22, Criss Jami

If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, 'Speak out. Be heard.' On the contrary, a breath of fresh air would be something like: 'Silence, think for at least 15 minutes, and then maybe speak out.

Thinking, Air, Speaks Out

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.55, Criss Jami

I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy.

People, Feel Good, Enemy

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

Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.

Reflection, Contentedness

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.81, Criss Jami

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.

Powerful, Adversity, Order

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.42, Criss Jami

Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Character, Angel, Writing

Criss Jami (2011). “Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile”, p.158, Criss Jami

God's relationship with man does not work in a way in which man stumbles and then God has to drop what he is doing in order to lift him up; rather, man stumbles so that God can lift him up. Hence it is utterly impossible to truly diminish his glory.

Men, Order, Doe

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

Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.

Men, Skills, Effort

Criss Jami (2011). “Salomé: In Every Inch in Every Mile”, p.133, Criss Jami

If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it.

Unconditional Love, Love Is, Understanding

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

How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit to feeling lonely? It is quite naive to assume that popularity is the remedy for loneliness. Loneliness does not necessarily equal physical solitude, it is the inability to be oneself and rightfully represented as oneself.

Lonely, Loneliness, Believe

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.115, Criss Jami

It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent. On the contrary, teachings can be either taken or dismissed; whereas voting is the only thing the average person can do to force everyone to live how they would prefer. A simple vote is among the largest yet most acceptable forms of bigotry, and that is because people play the card only when they feel that in doing so it conveniences themselves.

Strong, Teaching, Taken

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.110, Criss Jami

An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.

Water, Abuse, Overindulgence

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

There's more to logic than identifying logical fallacies.

Logic, Fallacy, Identifying

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.21, Criss Jami

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany.

Meaningful, Should, Criticize

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.44, Criss Jami

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

Business, Offensive, Feels

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.118, Criss Jami

Gloating is a superficial glowing, floating is an idle flowing, and bloatedness is the paralysis of blowing up; because silent movement results in loud victories.

Glowing, Victory, Movement

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.40, Criss Jami

It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in a black and white way as many people do. A wise man may not understand it because, as a catalyst of wisdom, but not wise in his own eyes, even he can learn from and give back to fools. To think that an individual has absolutely nothing to offer to the table is counter-intuitively what the wise man considers to be 'the ignorance of hopelessness'.

Wise, Ignorance, Eye

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.19, Criss Jami

The skeptic says that the believer has lost his own mind under God. On the contrary, it is the people who follow God who are most like his children, who willingly and consciously walk in his will; but those who oppose him oppose him vainly and at their own expense, and, figuratively, seem to be more like his tools. They don't diminish his glory, but instead he still manages to use them in ways of unconsciously carrying out his will.

Children, People, Mind

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.39, Criss Jami

If ever it's necessary to ride the bandwagon, it's done with one leg swinging out and eyes scoping the fields.

Eye, Done, Legs

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

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