Quotes by Criss Jami

“Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.”

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

“You can perhaps, in a number of circumstances, tell yourself that you cant have more than you have until you do better than youre doing, but by all means steer clear of its reverse, the creed of defeat, in saying that you cant do better than youre doing until you can have more than you have.”

“Credentials are like potential energy, the compliments of a name on paper, in documents, word of mouth, but faith is like kinetic energy, the motion and the force that which is witnessed. Hence in the end it is the faith rather than the credentials that really takes you places.”

“Id rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to society.”

“Theres sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you arent being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable.”

“Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in ones efforts to obtain originality.”

“The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.”

“One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing the answer no time and time again, so he turns to and cultivates, monopolizes in his one talent which others cannot possibly subdue. Then, beyond the crowds of criticism and rejection, the right people recognize his talent - among them he finds his stage.”

“One does not have to be a philosopher to be a successful artist, but he does have to be an artist to be a successful philosopher. His nature is to view the world in an unpredictable albeit useful light.”

“Have nuts and be nuts.”

“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.”

“It is easier for one to take risks and to chase his dreams with a mindset that he has nothing to lose. In this lies the immense passion, the great advantage of avoiding a materialistic, pleasure-filled way of life.”

“Ultimate prosperity is ones value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.”

“Bad luck with women is a determined mans road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement in order to exceed the man that the woman chose over him. This goes to show that great men are made great because they once learned how to fight the feeling of rejection.”

“The writers curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.”

“The common man prays, I want a cookie right now! And God responds, If youd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.”

“As a writer of philosophy, its good to ask oneself, Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or even years?”

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

“The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it.”