Top 70 James Redfield Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Where Attention goes Energy flows; Where Intention goes Energy flows!”

— James Redfield

2. “Love is not an intellectual concept or a moral imperative or anything else. It is the background emotion that exists when one is connected to the energy available in the universe, which of course, is the energy of God.”

— James Redfield

3. “The universe is energy, energy that responds to our expectations.”

— James Redfield

4. “You see, the problem in life isn’t in receiving answers. The problem is in identifying your current questions. Once you get the questions right, the answers always come.”

— James Redfield

5. “History is not just the evolution of technology; it is the evolution of thought.”

— James Redfield

6. “If we make sure we stay in a state of conscious alertness for the next synchronicity, our minds stay on the positive and off our fear and doubt.”

— James Redfield

7. “The true, or higher part of the self is always seeking the state that mystics talk about, the state in which we are filled with a universal love and a peaceful euphoria.”

— James Redfield

8. “Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being.”

— James Redfield

9. “Energy doesn’t come to us so much from the things around us-although we can absorb energy directly from some plants and sacred sites. Sacred energy comes from our connection to the divine inside us.”

— James Redfield

10. “Inspiration is what keeps us well.”

— James Redfield

11. “We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen.”

— James Redfield

12. “Sexual union is a holy moment in which a part of Heaven flows into the Earth.”

— James Redfield

13. “If we knock on the door until it opens, not taking no for an answer, our lives will be transformed as we step up into a higher awareness.”

— James Redfield

14. “Loving and energizing others is the best possible thing we can do for ourselves.”

— James Redfield

15. “We humans have always sought to increase our personal energy in the only manner we have known, by seeking to psychologically steal it from the others – an unconscious competition that underlies all human conflict in the world.”

— James Redfield

16. “Prayer power is real. By putting it into action, we will be able to stay more constantly in higher awareness than ever before. If we can do that, the world will quickly change.”

— James Redfield

17. “In reality, there are no enemies; we’re all souls in growth, waking up.”

— James Redfield

18. “Blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility.”

— James Redfield

19. “Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies.”

— James Redfield

20. “Beauty is something we can affirm and intend to have more of. What happens then is our perceptual ability, no matter where we are, expands in that direction.”

— James Redfield

21. “Such growth will move humans into ever-higher energy states, ultimately transforming our bodies into spiritual form and uniting this dimension of existence with the afterlife dimension, ending the cycle of birth and death.”

— James Redfield

22. “Spirituality can not be separate from how we treat our bodies, construct our lifestyles, and keep our energy at higher levels.”

— James Redfield

23. “Fear lowers one’s vibration tremendously.”

— James Redfield

24. “If history tells us anything, it is that human culture and knowledge are constantly evolving.”

— James Redfield

25. “Our children take our level of vibration and raise it even higher. This is how we, as humans, continue evolution.”

— James Redfield

26. “The First Insight Theory: Mysterious coincidences cause the reconsideration of the inherent mystery that surrounds our individual lives on this planet.”

— James Redfield

27. “By seeing the beauty in every face we lift others into their wisest self and increase the chances of hearing a synchronistic message.”

— James Redfield

28. “Life is really about a spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting – an unfolding that no science or philosophy or religion has yet fully clarified.”

— James Redfield

29. “Once you learn what life is about, there is no way to erase that knowledge. If you try to do something else with your life, you will always sense that you are missing something.”

— James Redfield

30. “Religions become corrupted when leaders are assigned to explain God’s will to people instead of showing them how to find this direction within themselves.”

— James Redfield

31. “We’re all looking for more fulfillment in our lives, and we won’t put up with anything that seems to bring us down.”

— James Redfield

32. “Very often your attitude about why an accident or illness has happened has an effect on your recuperation.”

— James Redfield

33. “It says that whenever people cross our paths, there is always a message for us. Chance encounters do not exist. But how we respond to these encounters determines whether we’re able to receive the message. If we have a conversation with someone who crosses our path and we do not see a message pertaining to our current questions, it does not mean there was no message. It only means we missed it for some reason.”

— James Redfield

34. “Remember to stop as often as necessary to re-connect your energy. Stay full, stay in a state of love. Remember that once you achieve the state of love, nothing nor anyone can pull more energy from you that you can replace. In fact, the energy flowing out of you creates a current that pulls energy into you at the same rate. You can never run out. But you must stay conscious of this process in order for it to work. This is especially important when you interact with people.”

— James Redfield

35. “The role of love has been misunderstood for a long time. Love is not something we should do to be good or to make the world a better place out of some abstract moral responsibility, or because we should give up our hedonism. Connecting with energy feels like excitement, then euphoria, and then love. Finding enough energy to maintain that state of love certainly helps the world, but it most directly helps us. It is the most hedonistic thing we can do.”

— James Redfield

36. “All I’ve done is put into words what all of us are about. We’re now at the archetypal stage of being ready to move from a material to a transcendent world view of culture. I’m only articulating what dwells in the consciousness of a good part of the masses now. That’s why the response.”

— James Redfield

37. “You should never take responsibility for more children than you can give attention to.”

— James Redfield

38. “Your whole life has been a long road leading directly to this moment.”

— James Redfield

39. “Evolution is a myth. God creates the future the way he wants it.”

— James Redfield

40. “We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships.”

— James Redfield

41. “The effective prayers are affirmations.”

— James Redfield

42. “That humans are stuck in a kind of competition for each other’s energy. When we can get others to acquiesce to our view, they identify with us and that pulls their energy into us and we feel stronger.”

— James Redfield

43. “The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them.”

— James Redfield

44. “When each expects the other to live in his or her world, to always be there to join in his or her chosen activities, an ego battle inevitably develops.”

— James Redfield

45. “Each person must reinterpret his family experience from an evolutionary point of view, from a spiritual point of view, and discover who he really is. Once we do that, our control drama falls away and our real lives take off.”

— James Redfield

46. “You do not make yourself love... You allow love to enter you.”

— James Redfield

47. “To what extent does the physical universe as a whole – since it is made up of the same basic energy – respond to our expectations? To what extent do our expectations create all the things that happen to us?”

— James Redfield

48. “You allow love to enter you. But to do this you must position your mind by remembering what it felt like and try to feel it again.”

— James Redfield

49. “It is not just about being thankful, it is to make eating a holy experience, so the energy from the food can enter your body.”

— James Redfield

50. “The problem was that our focused, obsessive drive to conquer nature and make ourselves more comfortable had left the natural systems of the planet polluted and on the verge of collapse. We.”

— James Redfield