Criss Jami Quotes - Page 17

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• You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

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  Running, Dog, Being Yourself

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

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• All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.

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  Support, Leader, Ego

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.72, Criss Jami

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• The barrier during self-improvement is not so much that we hate learning, rather we hate being taught. To learn entails that the knowledge was achieved on one's own accord-it feels great-but to be taught often leaves a feeling of inferiority. Thus it takes a bit of determination and a lot of humility in order for one to fully develop.

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  Determination, Hate, Humility

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.112, Criss Jami

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• Love does not dwell on how much one receives in return. If there is ever any balance in love, it is in a contest of who can love who more.

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  Balance, Doe, Return

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

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• Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.

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  War, Believe, Men

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.54, Criss Jami

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• The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right.

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  Ingredients, Firsts, Claims

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.86, Criss Jami

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• I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.

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  Hands, Guy, Want

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.48, Criss Jami

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• The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.

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  Ego Problem, Challenges, Feelings

  Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.65, Criss Jami

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• It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self.

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  Fear, Pride, Emotional

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.130, Criss Jami

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• 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 wiser.

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  Kings, Hard Work, Humble

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.86, Criss Jami

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• As followers of Christ, we are to be careful not to remain victims of the many cultural presuppositions of who he is, and what he teaches, insofar as taking for granted our own caricatures of him. Let it boil in both mind and heart the question, 'If Jesus were to appear today, how many of us would actually recognize him and his teachings (or would it simply be a recount of his first visit)?

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  Jesus, Teaching, Heart

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

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• To be honest, one can only feel glad that so many modern iconoclasts consider Christianity to be full of exceptionally hypocritical, religious zealots - it's biblically accurate and a prophecy fulfilled. The old smoke screen is one of Satan's favorite tricks. He conceals the authentic. He has a persistent strategy of targeting those who remind him of Christianity because he fears those who remind him of Christ.

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  Religious, Fear, Honest

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.37, Criss Jami

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• The real test of love is loving those who we feel are the hardest ones to love.

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  Real, Love Is, Tests

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

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• To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations.

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  Expectations, Achieve

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.27, Criss Jami

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• These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief.

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  Christian, Passion, Belief

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.92, Criss Jami

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• When you're truly awesome, you know that it's actually a burden and wish day after day to be relieved of such a curse. Think of about 95% of the superheroes.

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  Thinking, Superhero, Wish

  Criss Jami (2013). “Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality”, p.61, Criss Jami

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

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  Bags, Punching, Tough

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.20, Criss Jami

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• The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent.

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  Opponents, Arguing, Apologetic

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.13, Criss Jami

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• Everyone has a natural slant towards seeking themselves. This gets in the way of seeking God unless God intervenes.

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  Way, Natural, Seeking God

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.25, Criss Jami

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• Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.

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  Intelligent, People, Genuine

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.20, Criss Jami

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• A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself.

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  People, Gaps, Denominations

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.27, Criss Jami

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• In our worldly perceptions of Jesus, we tend to embrace the kindness of his love ('be encouraged') but not the discipline of his love ('and sin no more'). But with the whole scope of his love, or maturity in Christ, we begin relying on him for guidance where we would prefer him to walk beside us rather than behind us.

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  Jesus, Kindness, Maturity

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

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• Love is as simple as the absence of self- given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.

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  Unrequited Love, Simple, Love Is

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.83, Criss Jami

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

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  Fear, Loneliness, People

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.87, Criss Jami

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• In learning and argumentation, the quality brain is similar to a facility of maximum security. What passes the logic test, free of fallacy and pretense, then must pass the test of biblical accuracy in order to proceed as an adopted, reliable truth.

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  Biblical, Order, Brain

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

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