01UndatedIt always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.Criss Jami / quote ↗
02UndatedTake lightly what you hear about individuals. We need not distort trust for our paltry little political agendas. We tend to trust soulless, carried information more than we trust soulful human beings; but really most people aren't so bad once you sit down and have an honest, one-on-one conversation with them, once, with an open heart, you listen to their explanations as to why they act the way they act, or say what they say, or do what they do.Criss Jami / quote ↗
03UndatedWhen we begin to reflect Christ, the Bible, when more understood as being centered around Christ, seems to be potentially every man's biography regarding God's promised experiences and truth for him - his individual, unique path of humbling oneself before the Lord and then being exalted by the Lord back into his true and righteous personhood. Many followers may speak of it merely to try to change other people (before changing themselves), but the prophets speak of it as a living word which miraculously tells their very own experiences.Criss Jami / quote ↗
04UndatedIf it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.Criss Jami / quote ↗
05UndatedIn God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie.Criss Jami / quote ↗
07UndatedWhat further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.Criss Jami / quote ↗
08UndatedWe're very familiar with the idea that some things are so complex they're beyond our comprehension. This not only keeps us solving and experimenting but also distracted. Many things are really so simple we can't see them under our big noses.Criss Jami / quote ↗
09UndatedAs 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)?Criss Jami / quote ↗
10UndatedTension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.Criss Jami / quote ↗
11UndatedAfter awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is.Criss Jami / quote ↗
12UndatedMany people in a rather reckless context claim to 'just tell it like it is'. In actuality, nobody really stresses what one says so much as the motive behind what one says; hence, he is merely blowing hot air and detracting from 'what is'.Criss Jami / quote ↗
13UndatedPride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.Criss Jami / quote ↗
14UndatedVivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble.Criss Jami / quote ↗
15UndatedFrom time to timeI once wondered how one wanders from time to timeAnd think up the paradox lineSpeak of Epoch's crimeOh I lied, it hasn't happened yetBut bet you better believe it's such a habit thatI just said that in a past mindsetCriss Jami / quote ↗
16UndatedWhen a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because his very nature is already offensive enough.Criss Jami / quote ↗
17UndatedListen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.Criss Jami / quote ↗
18UndatedLove 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.Criss Jami / quote ↗
19UndatedA lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.Criss Jami / quote ↗
20UndatedI'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many people blame God for man's atrocities, but wouldn't dream of imprisoning a mother for her son's crime?Criss Jami / quote ↗
21UndatedThe 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.Criss Jami / quote ↗
22UndatedGod favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself.Criss Jami / quote ↗
23UndatedThe humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption.Criss Jami / quote ↗
24UndatedEvery time I create something, whether an idea or a work of art, initially, its supposed completion seems absolutely perfect to me. However the more I think about it, stare it down, the more it marinates in my soul over the hours, days, and weeks, the more flaws I start to find in it; and finally, the more I'm pressed to continue enhancing it. It essentially turns out that whatever thing a flawed and imperfect, human eye once thought was amazing begins to appear quite wretched. This is why, eternally, God cannot be impressed by mere talents or by mortal achievements. To perfect eyes, I imagine that great is not really that great; rather, humility is ultimately a human being's true greatness.Criss Jami / quote ↗
