The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not. Criss Jami More Quotes by Criss Jami More Quotes From Criss Jami For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not to do so. The skeptic endlessly demands proof, yet God refuses to insult the true intelligence of man, the '6th sense', the chief quality, the acumen which distinguishes man from the rest of creation, faith. Criss Jami atheist disappointment christian Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me. Criss Jami veins self needs It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones. Criss Jami shouting physics mouths It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity. Criss Jami popularity emotion struggle I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all. Criss Jami contentment shows negative When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual. Criss Jami incompetence individual capacity We are to love God most importantly so that we can grow to love people as he loved us, not so that we can feel more divine and worthy than the worldly. Criss Jami god-love divine people The last thing Scripture should do is make you blind in the world. Instead, you hear everything, see everything, and feel everything because everything just so happens to point right back to it. Criss Jami scripture lasts world I never feel unsafe except for when the majority is on my side. Criss Jami majority sides feels A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search where you want to search, you would search where you must in order to find them. Criss Jami keys mistake reality Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions Criss Jami sense-of-humor stupid laughing Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it. Criss Jami want men thinking Yes, be different, but not for the vanities of being different. Criss Jami being-different vanity different When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs. Criss Jami credit pleasure people In a society where dirt sells, for every good story told as it is, you will hear the whole of that day's 10 bad stories sensationalized; although in reality, it could be that 100 good deeds happened that day which went unsung. Criss Jami dirt stories reality I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded. Criss Jami liberalism conservatism claims You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles. Criss Jami being-yourself dog running When we find that God's ways always coincide with our own ways, it's time to question who we're really worshipping, God or ourselves. Criss Jami worship-god faith way The crazy creatives are the creatives who never go completely mad. They aren't so easily disheartened by the seemingly endless amounts of scrutiny that creative individuals tend to receive because they, like insanity, are the ones who feed off of opposition and negative feedback and manage to continue along with a healthy ambition. It is the crazy that teaches us to use our gifts wisely and own all the attackers. Criss Jami mad crazy ambition Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track. Criss Jami train-of-thought track thinking
