14 Quotes by Criss Jami about not-knowing
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Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.
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God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?
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Rather than swallowing our pride and simply asking what we do not know, we choose to fill in the blanks ourselves and later become humbled. Wisdom was often, in its youth, proven foolish, and ones humiliated were meant to become wise.
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Be careful not to appear obsessively intellectual. When intelligence fills up, it overflows a parody.
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Because you're always learning, the chief lesson remains: you still know nothing.
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It is better to doubt that a concept is stupidly flying under your head than profoundly flying over your head.
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My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.
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During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly 'I don't know.
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Silence might be a shout for the truth. It might be the speech that someday, in its truest, most uncontaminated, unadulterated state, all will be revealed.
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