Criss Jami Quotes - Page 2

American poet, essayist, existentialist philosopher, songwriter, and the creator/designer of Killosopher Apparel.

Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.
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Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.
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In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.
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Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.
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Learning isn’t acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.
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Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous.
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Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them.
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If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.
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Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.
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There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you’re wrong and you can’t face it; the other is when you’re right and nobody else can face it.
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Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don’t laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.
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Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.
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If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place.
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Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.
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I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.
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Imagination doesn’t always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.
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If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status.
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Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
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To love without need or without expectation of restitution, that is how we ought to love.
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Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does not mean that he should leave it blank.
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