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There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.

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Joy, Challenges, Affirmation
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.101, Criss Jami

I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.

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Believe, Fighting, Joy
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.103, Criss Jami

Many of us fight for and boast our freedom of what is ultimately the ability to prove ourselves to other people. It is unfortunate that only a few of us are so free in our joy, we no longer feel the need to prove ourselves to anyone.

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

Joy, like love, is an impenetrable, God-given state of being. The distinctions between joy and happiness and love and affection are important ones under the notion that happiness is an 'iffy' emotion, a highly dependent feeling both aroused and destroyed by external conditions apart from God. And the distinction between love and affection is parallel to such.

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Love Is, Like Love, Joy
Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.63, Criss Jami

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