Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent. Criss Jami More Quotes by Criss Jami More Quotes From Criss Jami The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything. Criss Jami teachingmenpeople I find it a challenge to cooperate in a society where it's considered moral to critique a résumé yet immoral to critique morality. Criss Jami immoralmoralitychallenges When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie. Criss Jami honestymenlying The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret. Criss Jami always-learningsecrethumble I believe God himself will someday debate with and answer every objection arrogant men can come up with against him; I believe he will humble us and humor himself. Know-it-alls, pseudo-intellectuals, militant anti-theists, for Christ's sake, or rather their own sake, best beware of getting roasted by their own medicine. Ah! Our delusions of trying to argue against an omniscient Creator. Criss Jami humblemenbelieve The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not. Criss Jami latterintelligentignorance 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. Criss Jami arrogancefacestwo It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not. Criss Jami longbelieveenemy It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right. Criss Jami nobleresponsibilityknows I often ask myself, 'Who would Jesus vote for?' Then I start to think that he wouldn't vote at all; however, it would not be out of apathy or disinterest, but out of perfection and light. As a miracle worker, I think he would, by the power of God's teachings, the perseverance and the truth, influence in a modern sense whoever is put into office how to best serve his fellow men. One, like his skeptics, may find that impractical. But there is a message in that no man in power can slow the momentum of the will of God, and the miracles of his teachings will be forever victorious. Criss Jami perseveranceteachingjesus All the good stuff has already been said by someone somewhere at some point in time. You just have to find it. Today, communication pretty much comes down to understanding - saying what you have to say clearly and effectively...and then living it. Criss Jami communicationunderstandingstuff Some people are ignorant of the world but educated in Scripture, and are therefore prone to missing the relevance of Scripture - these sometimes, later, amidst life's challenges and doubts, turn from the faith; other people are ignorant of Scripture but educated in the world, and are therefore prone to missing the truth of Scripture - they are often those who ridicule the faith. The apologist stands somewhere in the center. He articulates where some are prone to understanding the truth in beauty, others the beauty in truth - that of a spiritual Creator in relation to his scientific creation. Criss Jami spiritualmissingpeople One who enjoys finding errors will then start creating errors to find. Criss Jami creatingenjoyerrors Friends ask you questions; enemies question you. Criss Jami asksenemy It takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done. Criss Jami originalityfooldone Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them. Criss Jami personsfeelslove-is Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the weights and sprinting towards his goals. Those who insincerely misunderstand, who intentionally distort the motives of a pure-intentioned individual, then, no longer have the opportunity to block his path; instead, they are the ones left to stand on the sidelines shouting frustratedly in the wind of his trail. Criss Jami blockopportunityrunning Dreams and freedom are the same. In order for them to be, they come with a price. Criss Jami dreamorder Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to do this. Criss Jami psychologylanguagetrying The 2 extremes, neither one worse than the other: the result of bad religion is self-loathing and violence; the result of bad spirituality is self-worship and narcissism. Criss Jami loathingviolenceself
