One of the biggest contradictions in self-proclaimed open-mindedness is to say that we're all one but when a true bigot comes around tell him we're all different. It's usually the case that neither side is correct. One might have the right to do something, anything, but sure enough, that doesn't mean it's right and a benefit to other people. Criss Jami
Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same... Peace ends with the unraveling of...
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Aberjhani
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On...
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Scott Adams
O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God's name have angered Him; for he would never instigate war between brothers, or encourage tribes to harbor resentment towards one another. He prefers the man who loves over the one who hates. And the man...
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Suzy Kassem
Just above our terror, the stars painted this storyin perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too oftenabused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.
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Aberjhani
What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.
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David Levithan
More Quotes By Criss Jami
When God asks a question, it is always rhetorical.
We can read a good spiritual book in search of information or in search of God. We will find only what we're looking for.
If it is true, as God says, that we are as we think, we risk becoming what we most fear if our fear is stronger than our love.
The nature of a true seeker after beauty is to overlook flaws.
Who but the Christian, among the religions of the world and throughout time, worships a God who loves him so much that he died an agonizing and wretched death to pay for his sins?
