Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism.

— Criss Jami

A common mistake we make is that we look for God in places where we ourselves wish to find him, yet even in the physical reality this is a complete failure. For example, if you lost your car keys, you would not search where you want to search, you would search where you must in order to find them.

— Criss Jami

A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.

— Criss Jami

Advanced technology does not always promise a more intelligent civilization. On the contrary, the more the common people rely on technology to do their thinking and solving for them, the less practice there is left for their own brains.

— Criss Jami

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness.

— Criss Jami

A fruitless year, take a fearless heart One that blooms late will flourish in the dark

— Criss Jami

After a while you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is.

— Criss Jami

After each of his books, the writer, for a while, feels once again that he can now die happy.

— Criss Jami

A god who gave us everything we wanted would be the most malevolent god of all. With an infantile curiosity, we insist on tasting the cockroach on the floor while our father is preparing a magnificent feast for us.

— Criss Jami

A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth.

— Criss Jami