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• Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself.

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  Different, Generations, Next

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.55, Criss Jami

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• It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each and every piece, you no longer hesitate to call it work. It's passion. A poet's sense of lyrical accomplishment is then his food and water, his means of survival.

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  Fun, Passion, Writing

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.58, Criss Jami

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• Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on

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  Forgiveness, Moving, Character

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.93, Criss Jami

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• 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.

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  Matter, Christ, Unchanging

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

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• It's easy to make a mess when you're not the one who has to clean it up.

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  Easy, Clean, Mess

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.12, Criss Jami

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• Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent.

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  People, Sometimes, Silent

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.64, Criss Jami

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• When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.

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  Judging, People, Evil

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.90, Criss Jami

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• One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge righteously. We now live in an age where, apart from the inability to bear even good judgment when it so passes by, still everyone, inevitably, has a viral opinion (judgment) about everything and everyone, but little skill in good judgment as its verification or harness.

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  Mistake, Teaching, Skills

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

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• 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.

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  Spiritual, Believe, Men

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

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• God judges men from the inside out; men judge men from the outside in. Perhaps to God, an extreme mental patient is doing quite well in going a month without murder, for he fought his chemical imbalance and succeeded; oppositely, perhaps the healthy, able and stable man who has never murdered in his life yet went a lifetime consciously, willingly never loving anyone but himself may then be subject to harsher judgment than the extreme mental patient. It might be so that God will stand for the weak and question the strong.

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  Strong, Men, Judging

  Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.39, Criss Jami

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• Every new generation believes its own period to be absolutely superior intellectually - greater than all past cultures yet equal among its modern cultures.

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  Believe, Past, Generations

  Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.38, Criss Jami

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• We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation.

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  Our Generation, Generations

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.31, Criss Jami

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• The height of cleverness is in one's ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all.

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  Clever, Height, Ability

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

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• The ones who constantly make us laugh are the hardest of friends to know - for comedians are the caricatures among us.

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  Laughing, Comedian, Hardest

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.3, Criss Jami

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• 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.

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  Patience, Men, Cookies

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.61, Criss Jami

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• The trouble with poetry is it's often written to the sound of a drum only the poet may hear; nonetheless, blessed are those poets who always manage to find unshakeable pleasure in their own works.

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  Blessed, May, Sound

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.66, Criss Jami

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• Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism.

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  Mind, Ecstasy, Absurdity

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.126, Criss Jami

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• It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.

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  Flying, Over You, Doubt

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.9, Criss Jami

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• I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them.

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  Running, Opposites, Fans

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.89, Criss Jami

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• Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.

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  Roots, Growth, Grows

  Criss Jami (2012). “Venus in Arms”, p.34, Criss Jami

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• The thing about stereotyping is it's usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it.

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  Rocks, Crowds, Stereotype

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.6, Criss Jami

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• Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.

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  Different, Speech, Littles

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.95, Criss Jami

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• Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

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  Patience, Passion, Persistence

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.100, Criss Jami

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• Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

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  Heart, People, Trustworthiness

  Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.26, Criss Jami

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• With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

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  Pride, Men, Too Much

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.58, Criss Jami

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