Quotes by Criss Jami

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Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving God a weak name. He's not as simple as conservative versus liberal, old versus new. His wings are balanced. God is both and neither.

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Where neither go wrong, the naive only see the world as a victim of bad doctrine; the cynic only sees good doctrine as a victim of the world.

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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.

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All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.

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Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more.

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Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

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It's always funny that you can try and try again to steal all your critics' ammo, predict their responses, but no matter what, they'll still have a water gun stashed somewhere.

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Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.

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What good is there in being blind, you ask? Well, maybe it's to see the beauty on the inside without being vainly distracted, or superficially blinded, by the ugly on the outside.

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A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.

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Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

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Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.

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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.

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The aim is to love God because the pure heart loves loving God and because the true mind knows He deserves it. Unlike the accusations and beliefs of the critics and skeptics, it is neither an obligation of duty; nor a fear of damnation; nor a wish fo...

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To reach only for that which pleasantly enchants you is the least of imagination, if even imagination at all, by the obvious reality of remaining within your means. The greater of imagination is parallel to risk. It extends beyond your comfort zone o...

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If you're capable of despising your own behavior, you might just love yourself.

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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 c...

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The height of cleverness is in one's ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all.

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I believe in evolution in the sense that a short-tempered man is the successor of a crybaby.

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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...

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These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

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