Wisdom Quote by Criss Jami — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is impractical, and therefore, useless.”

“A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.”

“For wordsmiths and masters of words, without necessarily being harsh with words, the words have a tendency to shoot straight to the hearts of people, and this either deeply touches them or deeply angers them. Like the apostles in all their loving controversies are those who are masters of words while combining this gift with truth.”

“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.”

“Good...if you've done things you aren't proud of. It means you have a conscience.”

“There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.”

“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.”

“And above all,” Darian concluded, his gaze unwavering but hopeful, “Elian must come to understand—truly understand, not merely as an idea but as a conviction he lives by—that the life he has been given is not his alone. Every choice he makes either honors those who came before or diminishes their sacrifice. Every act either brightens or dims the path for those who follow. When he stands at life’s crossroads, let him ask not ‘What will this gain me?’ but ‘What light will this leave when I am gone?’ Let him plant seeds whose shade he’ll never sit under. For in the end, we are each but one chapter in humanity’s endless book—and I believe with all my heart that his will be one that future generations turn to for courage.”

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom in learning from books as well as from nature.”

“When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.”

“To be careless in making decisions is to naively believe that a single decision impacts nothing more than that single decision, for a single decision can spawn a thousand others that were entirely unnecessary or it can bring peace to a thousand places we never knew existed.”