Top 500 Criss Jami Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “In order to share one’s true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.”

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102. “Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.”

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103. “The reality of loving God is loving him like he’s a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff.”

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104. “It is easier for one to take risks and to chase his dreams with a mindset that he has nothing to lose. In this lies the immense passion, the great advantage of avoiding a materialistic, pleasure-filled way of life.”

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105. “Respect elders; protect children. This I do believe. As a young man it is sometimes, in a charitable sense, difficult to shake the sentiment that every elderly person is my grandparent, and every child is my child.”

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106. “Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression.”

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107. “In the fashion industry, everything goes retro except the prices.”

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108. “The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.”

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109. “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.”

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110. “I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side.”

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111. “God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy’s lies.”

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112. “It’s okay to be honest about not knowing rather than spreading falsehood. While it is often said that honesty is the best policy, silence is the second best policy.”

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113. “The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.”

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114. “Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.”

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115. “With a hint of good judgment, to fear nothing, not failure or suffering or even death, indicates that you value life the most. You live to the extreme; you push limits; you spend your time building legacies. Those do not die.”

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116. “In God’s eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie.”

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

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118. “Of all individuals, the hated, the shunned, and the peculiar are arguably most themselves. They wear no masks whatsoever in order to be accepted and liked; they do seem most guarded, but only by their own hands: as compared to the populace, they are naked.”

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119. “There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you’re wrong and you can’t face it; the other is when you’re right and nobody else can face it.”

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120. “God’s judgment is not like man’s judgment. It is not a suspension of His Love but an extension of His Love. His justice is always righteous, so His judgment is always Love.”

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121. “If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.”

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122. “Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.”

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123. “The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.”

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124. “Genius – the pursuit of madness.”

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125. “There’s more to logic than identifying logical fallacies.”

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126. “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.”

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127. “Let what offends God offend me, and what God pardons, I pardon.”

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128. “What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people’s-visions-for-the-future.”

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129. “What may intimidate a man is a woman who thinks with her mind before she feels with her heart. Nevertheless what determines the strength in the man is his ability to accept one when he sees one.”

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130. “Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.”

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131. “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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132. “Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one’s conscience both clear and at ease.”

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133. “Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.”

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134. “Generally, there is a lot of truth value in stepping back, observing, then logically generalizing the extremes of what you see.”

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135. “The height of cleverness is in one’s ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all.”

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136. “I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity.”

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137. “Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.”

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138. “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.”

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139. “It’s not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about.”

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140. “The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch.”

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141. “The denial of truth does not harm the Truth; it only harms that which denies the Truth.”

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142. “Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child’s relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don’t know as much as we think we know.”

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

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144. “God tests, but he does not tempt.”

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145. “In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style.”

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146. “An assumption is the joke; truth the punchline.”

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147. “God hates sin not because he wants us to be good little boys and girls, but because he knows sin destroys that which he loves most: sinners.”

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148. “There are some who never try, get left behind, forever dying, they just sit it by on the sidelines while they criticize, hide and scrutinize; but then there are others who are tough enough, who stand to risk their wrongs, flying high, as they rise up in this life and thus, fight right through the lies.”

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149. “Some concepts are so incredibly risky they take an honest fool to try to articulate them.”

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150. “The problem is politics is made a sport, almost as much a sport as football or baseball. When it comes to politics, adults and politicians do more finger-pointing and play more games than children ever do. Too often are we rooting for the pride of a team rather than the good of the nation.”

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