1,131 Quotes by Criss Jami

To fear man's judgment more than God's judgment is to fear man more than God.

If we all knew who God really was and what he really wanted for each and every one of us, we would all know that only a fool could really deny him.

The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.

We are to love God most importantly so that we can grow to love people as he loved us, not so that we can feel more divine and worthy than the worldly.

One's suffering, one's melancholy is, in itself, really only looked upon as failure or as punishment, as detestable or sinful or socially unacceptable in the eyes of man; but this is not so in the eyes of God: for He is close to the broken-hearted.

Jealousy from a love affair is something (to which) even God can admit.

It's not the end if you're too shy to say 'I love you.' It's only the beginning; because you're first meant to show it anyway.

The rather difficult antagonists towards the Church consist not nearly of the cruel and heartless, nihilistic intellectuals who hate God and humanity, but the well-meaning spirits who for the most part lack an understanding of the Spirit.

The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more commonly so, detested for disturbing the daily peace of mind.