Criss Jami

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.

The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.

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

I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.

At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.

If love is blind, then maybe a blind person that loves has a greater understanding of it.

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

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

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

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.

Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.

You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.

Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out.