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#1

“Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: bigger-picture, career, comedian, equality, farmer, hard-work, income, labor, meaning, money, nurse, occupation, self-worth, value, work, worth, writer

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#2

“A man who goes into a restaurant and blatantly disrespects the servers shows a strong discontent with his own being. Deep down he knows that restaurant service is the closest thing he will ever experience to being served like a king.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: attention, discontent, disrespect, food-industry, food-service, inconsiderate, insecurity, king, labor, ordinary-people, restaurants, royalty, selfish, service, waiter, waitress

218 likes

#3

“A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real danger is that so many people find rumors enjoyable. That part causes the infection. And in such cases when a rumor is only partially made of truth, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where the information may have gone wrong. It is passed on and on until some brave soul questions its validity; that brave soul refuses to bite the apple and let the apple eat him. Forced to start from scratch for the sake of purity and truth, that brave soul, figuratively speaking, fully amputates the information in order to protect his personal judgment. In other words, his ignorance is to be valued more than the lie believed to be true.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: cancer, deceit, gossip, introvert, libel, lie, loner, masses, propaganda, rumor, slander, social, truth

225 likes

#4

“Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: arrogance, body-language, business, cocky, communication, egotism, hate, inferiority, insult, nonexistent, offensive, pride, selfish, silence-communication, superiority

168 likes

#5

“What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: apologies, deceit, defamation, denial, enemy, feelings, feelings-of-weakness, gossip, grave, guilt, libel, lies, manipulation, massive, misdeed, overwhelming, slander

157 likes

#6

“It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: afraid, being-strong, burden, discernment, fear, guilt, insecure, insecurity, judgment, secrecy, secure, security, strength, strength-and-courage, strength-of-character, uncertainty

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#7

“I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: action, afraid, burning, confusion, destruction, fear, fire, forest, inner-peace, insensibility, laziness, peace, pretend, self-deception

160 likes

#8

“Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: alone, companionship, extroversion, fear, introversion, loneliness, shyness, solitude

144 likes

#9

“I will never deny that life isn't fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but when a man leaves a woman he is a pig and a jerk.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: double-standard, fairness, fairness-of-life, funny, humor, humor-relationships, independence, jerk, life, men, pigs, relationships, unfairness, unfairness-of-life, women

123 likes

#10

“To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: controversial, differences, honesty, making-sense-of-the-world, negative, pleasing-others, positive, real, risky, social-status

135 likes

#11

“When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: adversity, authenticity, beginnings, envy, fame, haters, humility, jealous, jealousy, perseverance, somebody, success, underdog

138 likes

#12

“I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: brain, cognition, compassion, control, creative, creative-genius, creativity, disorder, driving, genius, illness, intelligence, knowledge, mental, mental-illness, pain, psychopath, schizophrenia, self-control, sorrow, sympathy, understanding

237 likes

#13

“You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on evading only one defender is asking to be blindsided.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: avoidance, blind-spots, defense, evading, field, figurative, football, hiding, issues, problem, running, running-away

100 likes

#14

“Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: empty, full, glass, les, negative, negativity, optimism, perception, pessimism, positivity, righteous, righteous-pessimism

104 likes

#15

“There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: beautiful, duckling, endure, gift, god, people, purpose, reason, strength, swan, ugly-duckling

86 likes

#16

“Thoughts are like burning stars, and ideas, they flood, they stretch the universe.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: artist, creativity, ideas, imagination, stars, thoughts, universe

96 likes

#17

“God tests, but he does not tempt.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: apologetics, challenge, faith, god, sincere, temptation, test

70 likes

#18

“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.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: amazement, downplay, emotion, genius, gift, skill, soul, surprising, talent

73 likes

#19

“Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: compromise, discontentment, happiness, perseverance, progression, rational, risk-taking, running, safety, stability, success

105 likes

#20

“One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing the answer 'no' time and time again, so he turns to and cultivates, monopolizes in his one talent which others cannot possibly subdue. Then, beyond the crowds of criticism and rejection, the right people recognize his talent - among them he finds his stage.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: conviction, cultivate, determination, excel, meaning, monopolize, perseverance, practice, rejection, respect, skills, subdue, success, talents, training

70 likes

#21

“Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: awareness, blessings, conscience, experience, famine, food, granted, guarantee, guilt, hunger, responsibility, starvation, take-for-granted, wastefulness

88 likes

#22

“Women rescue men just as much as, if not more than, men rescue women.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: complementary, equality, life, love, meaning, men, relationships, rescue, women

52 likes

#23

“There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: beneficial, human-nature, judgment, receive, righteous-judgment, secure

41 likes

#24

“Whenever I think of something but can't think of what it was I was thinking of, I can't stop thinking until I think I'm thinking of it again. I think I think too much.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: brain, challenge, clever, cognition, cognitive, cognitive-psychology, contemplation, creative, creative-thinking, excessive, funny, humor, ideas, insanity, mentality, perfectionism, philosophy, psychology, think, thinking, thought, witty, wordplay

110 likes

#25

“One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: divine, emotions, eternity, experience, gift, god, great, harmony, revelation, spiritual, understanding, wisdom

52 likes

#26

“With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: development, foolishness, humility, learning, pride, teaching

57 likes

#27

“To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to be impossible is for one to see his weakness as, not an adversary, but the cherry on top of his strength, to rearrange the scar so that it compliments his features.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: acceptable, adversary, amazing, attributes, cherry, complimentary, excellence, features, flaws, ignore, imperfection, impossible, rearrange, scar, strength, traits, unbelievable, weakness

48 likes

#28

“Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: achievement, charm, contentment, depth, envy, inner-strength, morality, passion, prosperity, romance, success, values, wealth, worth

46 likes

#29

“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.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: attention, being-yourself, celebrities, emotional, facade, fame, fortune, human, inability, introvert, libel, loneliness, lonely, misconception, misrepresentation, misrepresented, misunderstood, naive, physical, popularity, psychological, remedy, slander, solitude

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