The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The sea in all its vastness is its own, real world. Man is nature's sci-fi. — Criss Jami Men Copy Share Image
I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go. — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you. — Criss Jami Truth Copy Share Image
“Good...if you've done things you aren't proud of. It means you have a conscience.” — Criss Jami Conscience Copy Share Image
In the fashion industry, everything goes retro except the prices. — Criss Jami Economy Copy Share Image
There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Gloating is a superficial glowing, floating is an idle flowing, and bloatedness is the paralysis of blowing up; because silent movement results… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a… — Criss Jami Apologetics Copy Share Image
The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in… — Criss Jami Country Copy Share Image
“Some of the simplest of truths are also some of the most difficult of truths, but such is Christianity: 'If it's not… — Criss Jami Accuracy Copy Share Image
To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live… — Criss Jami Clever Copy Share Image
The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently.… — Criss Jami Communication Copy Share Image
“Pride can make one a stronger person in the one sense, or so it is often believed, when based solely on the… — Criss Jami Corruption Copy Share Image
Self-righteousness is much like a spiritual egocentricity. It constitutes a secular type of love that thrives under conditionality, one in which is… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“A lack of illusion is golden, and it is quite possible that creativity is the highest form of intelligence. One might further… — Criss Jami Brain Copy Share Image
Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It's a good sign but rare instance when, in a relationship, you find that the more you learn about the other person,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“It is rather pitiful how obvious it is, and usually how simple it can be, for one to be blunt and critical,… — Criss Jami Bluntness Copy Share Image
“Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use… — Criss Jami Argument Copy Share Image
“It turns out that indecision is a path itself; but figuratively, a vertical path - up or down - meaning it isn't… — Criss Jami Authority Copy Share Image
“Our entire lives we witness individuals, the ones who break some of the most culturally sensitive moral codes, ruined permanently by the… — Criss Jami Bravery Copy Share Image
“My belief is that, morally, God and Satan are vaguely on the same page. According to the common understanding of Satan's origins,… — Criss Jami Anti religion Copy Share Image
“The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesn't surrender in reverence is blasphemous to… — Criss Jami Burden Copy Share Image
It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“A steampunk nation Baby pollution rises up then the loving comes arraigning 'cause Our art's official and only partially artificial And our… — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
“The Christian should never have to put others down in order to feel good about himself. Instead, he can simply check out… — Criss Jami Apologetics Copy Share Image
“Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas.” — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
Some concepts are so incredibly risky they take an honest fool to try to articulate them. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The height of cleverness is in one's ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all. — Criss Jami Ability Copy Share Image
The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well. — Criss Jami Art Copy Share Image
Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Success comes to the nerd with an inner jock, and to the jock with an inner nerd.” — Criss Jami Courage Copy Share Image
