{"author":"Criss Jami","author_id":"Criss+Jami","total_quotes":823,"quotes":[{"text":"I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["acceptance","antagonist","anti-hero","antihero","art","artist","bad","bad-guy","discernment","judgment","misunderstood","painting","perception","perspective","understanding","villain"],"id":213,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Man's delight in the Lord is the absolute peak of human triumph. He praises God when full of joy, and when not, he praises God to become full of joy. For to know and to live as though God is worthy of all praise, in all one's circumstances, whether seemingly good or seemingly bad, is the primary definition of joy and the richest triumph for man under God.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["apologetics","awe","church","delight","glorification","glorification-of-god","glorifying-god","glory","god","greatness","happiness","holiness","honor","joy","lord","love","man","music","peace","praise","prayer","respect","reverence","rich","singing","strength","triumph","trust","victory","worship","worthiness"],"id":649,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["animal","arrogance","be-yourself","chase","circle","consideration","dog","ego","help","helping-others","narcissism","others","pet","pride","pursue","rhetorical","self","selfish","selflessness","serve","serving-others"],"id":764,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["arrogance","arrogant","belief","bias","clan","country","estimate","estimated","estimation","family","funny","funny-but-true","humor","illogical","inferior","inferiority","irrational","logic","mystery","nation","nationalism","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","people","percent","percentage","pride","prideful","sarcasm","sarcastic","stat","statistic","statistics","stats","superior","superiority","true"],"id":1099,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["aim","apologetics","discernment","enemy","faith","god","good-judgment","judgment","lies","marksmanship"],"id":1118,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["bias","class","discernment","disrespect","equality","geniune","human-being","person","rank","respect","righteous","status","stereotype","title"],"id":1767,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Many people in a rather reckless context claim to 'just tell it like it is'. In actuality, nobody really stresses what one says so much as the motive behind what one says; hence, he is merely blowing hot air and detracting from 'what is'.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["actuality","air","dishonesty","emphasis","honest","motives","reckless","truth"],"id":1776,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["beauty","blind","blindness","contemplation","inner-beauty","love","relationship","seeing","shallowness","thought-provoking","true-love","unconditional-love"],"id":2117,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"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.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["anger","controversy","evangelism","heart","philosophy","prophet","rejection","theology","truth","word"],"id":2919,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["ego","giving","habit","love","narcissism","pride","selfishness","selflessness","service","taking"],"id":3110,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":823,"pages":83,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}