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

“I'm always talking to God about whether or not he exists - that's how I know I'm a theist.”

“There is a greater Christian faith than one which settles for the temporal happiness, and that is the augmentation of faith. The more faithful you become, the harder the obstacles get; but the harder the obstacles get, the tougher your spine grows; and the tougher your spine grows, the less dependent you are on man's approval. I came to know this about Christianity when valuing faith before comfort.”

“As for those who spite you, and seemingly just because, it's only evident that they're learning from you. Maybe you taste bad - kind of like medicine, kind of like truth - and to them, you're thought unsafe. There is flattery in being chewed out and spit up. Humans have always had a hard time digesting foreign things.”

“It's simple, it's not that simple; or life is simple, but the things in it are not. When a man does not understand it, he tends to inflate it. When he does, he tends to deflate it. In the end, neither images are fully accurate.”

“The idea that all souls are mortal is the only notion surely terminating love and all its forms.”

“The Night Is Darkening Round M”

“The wind is the moon's imagination wandering.”

“229. I am writing all this down in blue ink, so as to remember that all words, not just some, are written in water.”

“You never need to apologize”

“The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.”

“These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand.”