Criss Jami Quotes

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• When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.
• Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all…
• Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to be greater and…
• Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
• A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.
• I feel as though whenever I create something, my Mr. Hyde wakes up in the middle of the night and starts thrashing it. I sometimes…
• Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever
• The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.
• 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…
• I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.
• Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.
• To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something.
• It takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done.
• The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret...
• 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…
• Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is…
• The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.
• I've been able to sleep with my eyes open ever since I started watching baseball." "Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people…
• Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.
• 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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