James Redfield Quotes

The dog is a reflection of your energy, of your behavior. You have to ask, 'What am I doing?' That's the right question to ask.

I'm fascinated by what people will do to each other. Actually, I'm sort of interested in the gory details of life.

When we describe human relations, we usually make them better than they are: gentle, peaceful, and so forth, whereas in reality, they are often competitive.

That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other.

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.

The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established.

Whenever one does extraordinary things, someone is bound to try to repeat them for themselves. It's the way of the world.

I put a lot of weight in what I do, and you and I can talk to each other in a certain way because that's how people interact, but I don't really know how to talk to the entire world.

Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him.

Look around and you will see this world is full of creeps like me.

The truth is that fear cannot coexist with love. Therefore, we must learn how to dissolve all boundaries with love by taking responsibility for our own energy. In doing so, we'll raise the energy around us.

dealing with any man means dealing with multiple personalities.

Most people, no matter what they do, they don't think they're a bad person. The place where their actions are coming from is a complicated place and a whole personal history. I definitely think that it helped me to look at the world a little less judgmentally.

Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.

It's funny how you can know your friends so well, but you still end up playing the same games with them.

It is sexual energy which governs the structure of human feeling and thinking.

I want to make films about the human condition, what we're doing to the world or ourselves.

Nobody but you is responsible for your life. You are responsible for your life. What is your life? What is all life? What is every flower, every rock, every tree? Energy. And you're responsible for the energy you create for yourself, and you're responsible for the energy that you bring to others.

The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to the outside world. If you offend the head waiter, you can always go to another restaurant. If you offend the person you live with, it's very cumbersome to switch to a different family.

There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.

I take from people all the time. I didn't ever go to acting classes or anything. You can just watch people.

I love to compete. I want to get out there and kick your ass in the business world. That is what inspires me.

If you think anyone is sane you just don’t know enough about them. The key — and this is very relevant in our case — is to find someone whose insanity dovetails with your own.

I want to be the toughest photographer in the world.

We can debug relationships, but it's always good policy to consider the people themselves to be features. People get annoyed when you try to debug them.