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Criss Jami Quotes - Page 3

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To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to

To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.

Love, Inspirational, Marriage

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.97, Criss Jami

We are to love God most importantly so that we can grow to love people as he loved us, not so that we can feel more divine and worthy than the worldly.

People, God Love, Divine

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.41, Criss Jami

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.

Genius, Inferiority, Demand

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.121, Criss Jami

To swear day and night by media slander will make one a bigger victim than the slandered. It doesn't take much to begin to fear a mere illusion of human badness.

Night, Media, Illusion

Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.42, Criss Jami

Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them.

Thinking, Mind, Great Minds

Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.20, Criss Jami

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

Struggle, Emotion, Popularity

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.69, Criss Jami

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.

Emotional, Perspective, Understanding

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

Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.

Men, Thinking, Want

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.69, Criss Jami

Tolerance never exists without negative judgment. It is the sentiment of having a negative opinion about something yet still putting up with it.

Tolerance, Negative, Opinion

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.29, Criss Jami

Drunken men give some of the best pep talks.

Men, Giving, Alcohol

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.113, Criss Jami

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.

Bullying, Land, Excellence

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

Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.

Intelligent, Technology, Thinking

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.10, Criss Jami

A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

Running, Delight, Mouths

Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.26, Criss Jami

Good intentions but bad results; bad results but lessons learned. There is a dark corner on every task beautiful and a beautiful corner on every task dark.

Beautiful, Dark, Lesson Learned

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.28, Criss Jami

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

Inspirational, Strong, Ugly Duckling

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

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.

Sympathy, Needs, Helping

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.95, Criss Jami

Old words are reborn with new faces.

Faces, Reborn, New Faces

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.64, Criss Jami

A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.

Heart, Doe, Spirit

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

I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.

Passion, Apathy, Hot

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

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.

Ideas, People, Want

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.43, Criss Jami

I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace.

Self, Contentment, Taught

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

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

Ideas, Week, Incidents

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.125, Criss Jami

A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search where you want to search, you would search where you must in order to find them.

Mistake, Reality, Keys

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.60, Criss Jami

Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.

Rebel, Sake

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.64, Criss Jami

Man has 2 common problems with God: the one is that there is evil in the world; the other is that free will is limited. The one, he is charging that the world is too evil; the other is that it is not evil enough.

Men, Evil, World

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.28, Criss Jami

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