1,131 Quotes by Criss Jami

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.

Where neither go wrong, the naive only see the world as a victim of bad doctrine; the cynic only sees good doctrine as a victim of the world.

Accustomed to himself, he then felt not so interesting. He knew himself too well; he thence hid out for some mystery.

History fancies itself linear - but yields to a cyclical temptation.

False humility is quite like the worst of both worlds: both that of Meekness and that of Conceit.

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.

When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.

Misguided good men are more dangerous than honest bad men. It is because they are seen as good that, in and by good conscience, the mob will always, stubbornly back them without question.

With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.