Quotes by Criss Jami

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

I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness.

The pain of the narcissist is that, to him, everything is really a threat. What doesnt surrender in reverence is blasphemous to a high opinion of oneself - the burden of self-importance. The narcissist reconstructs his own law of gravity which states that all things and all creatures must adhere to his personal satisfaction, but when they do not, the pain is far more intense than it is for one who is free from the clamors of I.

There is, after all, no moral difference between the bigot and the tolerator. They are from case to case positive or negative. One man is bigoted because he was given the sword of truth, another because he is angered in thoughtlessness; then, one man is tolerant because he was given the flag of peace, another because he is cowardly and wishes to hide all guilt.

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.

The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though theyre the ones doing the judging.

I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you understand Gods reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine.

What may intimidate a man is a woman who thinks with her mind before she feels with her heart. Nevertheless what determines the strength in the man is his ability to accept one when he sees one.

Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe on your side; not to mention, youve been given eternal life. Whom or what shall you fear? To be afraid of anything other than God himself is like an insult to God.

The Christian who loves his Master needs not fear any longer for himself. For it is then completely irrational, as it is written thus: Perfect love casts out fear. However, it is very much rational for one to instead fear for the enemies of God.

To fear mans judgment more than Gods judgment is to fear man more than God.

On the one hand you had people constantly fighting Hell; on the other, you had people constantly fighting Hell on earth.

It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it.

Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.

To ask, How do you do it? is already starting off on the wrong foot. When reaching for the stars, there does not have to be a how if there is a big enough why.

The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.

Law without reason is criminal.

Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy.

Women show men beauty in things beyond their ambitions. Women tell men to stop and smell the roses.