Criss Jami, Killosophy

"As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning."

"Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by their own rules cannot make that sacrifice. They are the steady adherents of (global) conflict because they are forever fighting both themselves and others to do whatever they think that they want to do."

"Emotion is always multiplied in the art of a person who doesn't really show much emotion. It once expanded deep within his hidden soul, and following the downplay his audience is blown away."

"Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities."

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

"There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about."

"It's a good sign but rare instance when, in a relationship, you find that the more you learn about the other person, the more you continue to desire them. A sturdy bond delights in that degree of youthful intrigue. Love loves its youth."

"Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists."

"Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane."

"I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all."

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

"I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace."

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

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal."

"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."

"Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both."

"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."

"Gloating is a superficial glowing, floating is an idle flowing, and bloatedness is the paralysis of blowing up; because silent movement results in loud victories."

"In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30."

"The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff."