1,131 Quotes by Criss Jami

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

Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy.

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.

I'm never proud of my old work. I always feel as though my skills have since improved.

When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

Create with the heart; build with the mind.

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