A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know. Criss Jami More Quotes by Criss Jami More Quotes From Criss Jami People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them. Criss Jami answerslongpeople When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'. Criss Jami authenticityunderestimatehumble Society tells me to follow my own truth, but I don't let society tell me what to do. If you need someone to tell you that, chances are you're part of the crowd that will move on to the next fashion that comes around. Criss Jami crowdsfashionmoving What good is there in being blind, you ask? Well, maybe it's to see the beauty on the inside without being vainly distracted, or superficially blinded, by the ugly on the outside. Criss Jami beauty-on-the-insideuglyblind It is never just disagreement but always intellectual dishonesty that is the apologist's worst enemy. And its apprentice is ignorance. Criss Jami worst-enemyignoranceintellectual It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. Criss Jami insecurityjudgementguilt When most of the greatest individuals in history were misunderstood and you've spent so much of your own adult life misunderstood, you can't help but believe that the majority of people know very little worth knowing. Criss Jami knowingbelievepeople The exaggerated dopamine sensitivity of the introvert leads one to believe that when in public, introverts, regardless of its validity, often feel to be the center of (unwanted) attention hence rarely craving attention. Extroverts, on the other hand, seem to never get enough attention. So on the flip side it seems as though the introvert is in a sense very external and the extrovert is in a sense very internal - the introvert constantly feels too much 'outerness' while the extrovert doesn't feel enough 'outerness'. Criss Jami attentionbelievehands It can be a good thing if deeper theology, or philosophy, only makes one more uncertain. It may lead to a healthy doubt; he may throw his hands up saying, 'God, I just don't know anymore. If you're out there, I'm giving it all to you.' From there, after the surrender, he is allowing God himself, rather than theories, books, and documents, to take over and lead him into all truth. Criss Jami philosophybookhands To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to be impossible is for one to see his weakness as, not an adversary, but the cherry on top of his strength, to rearrange the scar so that it compliments his features. Criss Jami weaknessknowingimpossible To swear day and night by media slander will make one a bigger victim than the slandered. It doesn't take much to begin to fear a mere illusion of human badness. Criss Jami illusionmedianight Christians walk as strangers in the world: They are untamed. They are free. To persevere with love, yet untamed by man, is often what leaves that open space for divine revelation when God so wills. Criss Jami spacechristianmen Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle. Criss Jami battleexpressionbelieve Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.' Criss Jami maturityable 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. Criss Jami controversialhatepeople We are often taught to look for the beauty in all things, so in finding it, the layman asks the philosopher while the philosopher asks the photographer. Criss Jami philosophertaughtlooks To love without need or without expectation of restitution, that is how we ought to love. Criss Jami restitutionexpectationsneeds The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it. Criss Jami egochallengessuccess I imagine that the intelligent people are the ones so intelligent that they don't even need or want to look 'intelligent' anymore. Criss Jami intelligentpeopleneeds Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being. Criss Jami territorylinesmay
