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Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami

To fear man's judgment more than God's judgment is to fear man more than God. — Criss Jami

The height of cleverness is in one's ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all. — Criss Jami

Great minds think alike because a greater Mind is thinking through them. — Criss Jami

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place. — Criss Jami

An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins. — Criss Jami

Armed neutrality makes it much easier to detect hypocrisy. — Criss Jami

The first reaction is surely the most natural one, but not always the most correct one; thereupon, the invention of apologies. — Criss Jami

The only truths worth arguing about are those truths that could prevent or lead to circumstances that may bite us in the rear sooner or later. — Criss Jami

It is not true that everyone is special. It is true that everyone was once special and still possesses the ability to recover it. — Criss Jami

I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by taking it a step further. — Criss Jami

So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived. — Criss Jami

It is not that men become too intelligent for God,' says the Apologist, 'but rather they become too arrogant for intelligence. — Criss Jami

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them. — Criss Jami

Good friends will allow you to be as innocent and free as a child when in private, and as wise and mature as an adult when in public. — Criss Jami

I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity. — Criss Jami

The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person's mask. — Criss Jami

You think you're losing your mind, but do keep in mind, as long as you may, that the ability to go on thinking such a thing means it's not all gone. — Criss Jami

A lack of common sense usually ends in some heroic feat, much like the soldier who dives onto the grenade so that others may live. — Criss Jami

There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable. — Criss Jami

Of course we'll win. And even if we were to lose, we'd win at losing. — Criss Jami

In 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

Simplicity is a bliss that makes one comprehend. — Criss Jami

Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out. — Criss Jami

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man. — Criss Jami

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany. — Criss Jami

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool. — Criss Jami

Tolerance is not infinite patience, but slain patience; patience that has lost its hope and love and has thrown in the towel. — Criss Jami

A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin. — Criss Jami

The devil's happy when the critics run you off. — Criss Jami

It's easy to make a mess when you're not the one who has to clean it up. — Criss Jami

Soar with wit. Conquer with dignity. Handle with care. — Criss Jami

The purest regret, no matter what, is thinking you didn't love enough. — Criss Jami

People, generally, are equally insecure. They just show it (or hide it) differently. — Criss Jami

If you're capable of despising your own behavior, you might just love yourself. — Criss Jami

One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large. — Criss Jami

The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth. — Criss Jami

Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous. — Criss Jami

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. — Criss Jami

Some concepts are so incredibly risky they take an honest fool to try to articulate them. — Criss Jami

The hardest thing for a sane person to do is not care what anyone thinks, although everyone swears by it, hence our glorification of insanity. — Criss Jami

When your only regret is if anyone thinks you regret anything - that is the definition of conviction. — Criss Jami

Christ didn't join in. He saw which direction the rocks were being thrown, and became a shield. — Criss Jami

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones. — Criss Jami

As a kid my heart would break for the villains. — Criss Jami

Self-awareness - the commendable ability to be yourself without being a nuisance to someone else. — Criss Jami

Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil's advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of evangelism. — Criss Jami

Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again. — Criss Jami

Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters. — Criss Jami

The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom. — Criss Jami

Do not tell someone you are hungry if, whenever they feed you, you do not eat. — Criss Jami

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. — Criss Jami

A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best. — Criss Jami

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

Listen 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

Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity. — Criss Jami

Disasters work like alarm clocks to the world, hence God allows them. They are shouting, 'Wake up! Love! Pray! — Criss Jami

A major gap between many of the denominations stems from how people define some of the most basic terms, such as 'religion' itself. — Criss Jami

God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself. — Criss Jami

When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority. — Criss Jami

Whatever thing a man gets quickly enraged about is his idol, and whatever thing he makes his idol becomes his religion. — Criss Jami

The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent. — Criss Jami

The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you. — Criss Jami

Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks. — Criss Jami

Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired. — Criss Jami

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious. — Criss Jami

Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas. — Criss Jami

What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted. — Criss Jami

The greater ignorance towards a country is not ignoring what its politicians have to say, it is ignoring what the inmates in its prisons have to say. — Criss Jami

The power of hope! Even a lack of ambition can, for a time, pay off as a necessary facet, as long as hope outweighs it. — Criss Jami

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him. — Criss Jami

An artistic perspective will jab at you from a different angle; its logic comes like a pitcher with a curveball. — Criss Jami

The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret. — Criss Jami

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker. — Criss Jami

The survival of poor opinions can make a thinker feel as though he is failing humanity. — Criss Jami

You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity. — Criss Jami

It is by continuing to put out good work that the artist best shows his gratitude. — Criss Jami

Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external. — Criss Jami

If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it. — Criss Jami

Nothing amuses people more than a cocky guy who starts losing. — Criss Jami

The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored. — Criss Jami

There is not one harsher, more sure-fire way to fail than that of the man who tries to be like Jesus without submitting to Jesus. — Criss Jami

Let our information and social technologies raise awareness and not propaganda, build connections and not passive-aggression. — Criss Jami

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness. — Criss Jami

Naturally, I always place my word over anyone else's simply because I know why I said what I said. — Criss Jami

In the heart of appeasement there's the fear of rejection, and in acts of fear there are mirrors of oppression. — Criss Jami

If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion. — Criss Jami

These days when Christians bicker they exaggerate passion into a legalistic belief and prosperity into a lukewarm belief. — Criss Jami

Fashion is simply a guideline for style-less people to appear stylish. — Criss Jami

The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain. — Criss Jami

Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble. — Criss Jami

I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush. — Criss Jami

Most people want so desperately to be an individual yet are so easily shaped by the media. — Criss Jami

The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. — Criss Jami

I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise. — Criss Jami

I'm always talking to God about whether or not he exists - that's how I know I'm a theist. — Criss Jami

Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them. — Criss Jami

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered. — Criss Jami

People think that fun in Christ is non-existent, but there is fun wherever your heart lives. — Criss Jami

If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart is talking. — Criss Jami