Criss Jami Quotes
I am not here to merely argue about the perplexities regarding theism or philosophy, but to be a light to the world and to reach out to those who long to be a part of that light.
The surface of learning is hearing what your ears aren't prepared to hear, and the core of learning is hearing what your ears don't want to hear.
It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.
It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.
An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers?
If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.
A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself.
To believe in the truth of Christ is to be introduced to another form of hatred, and that is not sharing Him.
People think that fun in Christ is non-existent, but there is fun wherever your heart lives.
You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.
What man is really anti-progressive? For he is only anti-certain-people's-visions-for-the-future.
I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by taking it a step further.
I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.
What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.
The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.
The hardest thing for a sane person to do is not care what anyone thinks, although everyone swears by it, hence our glorification of insanity.
God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think.
To swear day and night by media slander will make one a bigger victim than the slandered. It doesn't take much to begin to fear a mere illusion of human badness.
Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.
After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is.
We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.
A rebel adult often seems like a glorious savior, whereas a rebel child often seems like a little devil.
The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.
The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.
The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say.
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 its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.
When you mature in your relationship with God you realize how suffering and patience are like eating your spiritual vegetables.
The last thing Scripture should do is make you blind in the world. Instead, you hear everything, see everything, and feel everything because everything just so happens to point right back to it.
The evangelist is the world's hopeless romantic, and just like a hopeless romantic, he must hope for the miracle of God more than the romance itself.
In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.
The love of Christ is always there and unchanging, no matter what we do, but it is when we are obedient that we actually begin to feel it.
You think you're losing your mind, but do keep in mind, as long as you may, that the ability to go on thinking such a thing means it's not all gone.
We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation.
Love tames the benumbed beast. A man is put to use regarding a woman's physical safety, but a woman is put to use regarding a man's mental safety.
We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts.
From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections.
If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.
A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.