Criss Jami

The actual confident man, the man truly sure of himself, is not he who esteems himself higher than others, but he who is sure enough that he can bear to esteem others higher than himself.

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

Reason begets honesty, and honesty, if given its head, begets confidence; so consequently, there is a sort of grand authority in the stances of those who know why they are standing.

No man voluntarily expresses his opinion without some intent to make a difference, and even if he does, he shouldn't.

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.

A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

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

You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.

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.

To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations.

An anomaly has his own ambitions. You can try reasoning with him, but that's like using money to bribe a beast.

Let me be content with myself to the degree that my capacity to serve others is present, yet discontent with myself to the degree that I may still like to grow in better service for others.

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.

People assume that repetition is always a static thing, but I beg to differ. Repetition is just as often the complete opposite of that: or a sign of rapid personal growth. In this repetition manifests one's ability to go on experiencing again the very same thing from a different perspective and in a brand-new light.

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

The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.

How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want, still admit to feeling lonely? It is quite naive to assume that popularity is the remedy for loneliness. Loneliness does not necessarily equal physical solitude, it is the inability to be oneself and rightfully represented as oneself.

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.