When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’. –

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When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’. –

-- Criss Jami

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Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it but also the father who wipes away the tears.

-- Criss Jami

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In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation of modern liberalism is a clinging to the world in fear of God; albeit, the true foundation should be one's clinging to God in fear of God.

-- Criss Jami

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If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him. –

-- Criss Jami

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It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

-- Criss Jami

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In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30.

-- Criss Jami

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