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The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.

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Teaching, Men, People

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.32, Criss Jami

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When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.

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Honesty, Lying, Men

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.106, Criss Jami

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Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.

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Leadership, Liars, Lying

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.45, Criss Jami

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It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.

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Men, Freedom Of Speech, Protect

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.28, Criss Jami

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Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

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Compassion, Auto Tune, Gossip

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.80, Criss Jami

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One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.

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Errors, Creating, Enjoy

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.1, Criss Jami

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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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Two, Arrogance, Faces

Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.47, Criss Jami

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To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.

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Courage, Honesty, Humility

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.82, Criss Jami

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It's not at all hard to understand a person; it's only hard to listen without bias

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Bias And Prejudice, Bias, Persons

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.59, Criss Jami

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Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

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Love Is, Feels, Persons

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.2, Criss Jami

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It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

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Responsibility, Noble, Knows

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.68, Criss Jami

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The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret.

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Humble, Secret, Always Learning

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.34, Criss Jami

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Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.

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Enemy, Asks

Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.37, Criss Jami

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Genius - the pursuit of madness.

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Genius, Madness, Pursuit

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.52, Criss Jami

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The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.

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Ignorance, Intelligent, Latter

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.34, Criss Jami

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When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.

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Insane Person, Being Different, Looks

Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.73, Criss Jami

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If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

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Real, Mirrors, Competition

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.45, Criss Jami

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Disasters work like alarm clocks to the world, hence God allows them. They are shouting, 'Wake up! Love! Pray!

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Alarms, Wake Up, World

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.111, Criss Jami

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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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Lonely, Quality, Want

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.101, Criss Jami

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It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not.

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Believe, Long, Enemy

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.43, Criss Jami

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God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself.

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Men, Delight, Favors

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.102, Criss Jami

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I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble us and humor himself. Know-it-alls, pseudo-intellectuals, militant anti-theists, for Christ's sake, or rather their own sake, best beware of getting roasted by their own medicine. Ah! Our delusions of trying to argue against an omniscient Creator.

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Believe, Humble, Men

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.7, Criss Jami

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When we find that God's ways always coincide with our own ways, it's time to question who we're really worshipping, God or ourselves.

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Faith, Way, Worship God

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.23, Criss Jami

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I find it a challenge to cooperate in a society where it's considered moral to critique a résumé yet immoral to critique morality.

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Challenges, Morality, Immoral

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.43, Criss Jami

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To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.

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Philosopher, Sense Of Humor, Reverse

Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.125, Criss Jami

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