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Criss Jami Inspirational Quotes (238)

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I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but when a man leaves a woman he is a pig and a jerk.
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Gloating is a superficial glowing, floating is an idle flowing, and bloatedness is the paralysis of blowing up because silent movement results in loud victories.
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Christ delves far beyond the means of superficiality, not simply because of his immaculate love, but also because he considers the distinct cases of each individual rather than withholding a broadened perception by use of stereotypes.
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Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence intelligence is greater than philosobabble.
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Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities.
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Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.
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As individuals die every moment, how insensitive and fabricated a love it is to set aside a day from selfish routine in prideful, patriotic commemoration of tragedy. Just as God is provoked by those who tithe simply because they feel that they must tithe, I am provoked by those who commemorate simply because they feel that they must commemorate.
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Dreams and freedom are the same. In order for them to be, they come with a price.
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One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find.
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The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch.
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Creativity is the highest form of intelligence. Over time, after developing a more advanced creative brain, I started feeling that my college education was more so something to be ashamed of rather than something to be proud of.
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People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them.
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Like most arts, the link between the mind and the pen can chain you like an enslaved workaholic. Even on an intended vacation you suddenly have this killer urge to record whatever the vacation may teach.
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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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If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.
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The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker.
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God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think.
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Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.
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Some concepts are so incredibly risky they take an honest fool to try to articulate them.
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There was a time when skepticism was an act of rebellion. Since to a degree I both believe in evolution and have faith, I can only conclude that, as prophesied, to have faith will someday be an act of rebellion.
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When you aren't satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom of creativity. The freedom is in that it doesn't need to complain.
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Philosophy may serve as the bridge between theology and science. All atheism is a philosophy, but not all philosophy is atheism. Philosophy ('love of wisdom') is simply a tool depending on how one uses it, and in some cases, logically understanding the nature of God and existence.
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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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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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