Top 25 Quotes by Jennifer James of 36 - Page 2

People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

Jennifer James

Thinking, Long Ago, People

Jennifer James (2012). “Thinking In The Future Tense”, p.201, Simon and Schuster

Insight is 'mental vision,' one of the ways in which the mind escapes the limits of the obvious or the familiar.

Jennifer James

Intuition, Mind, Vision

Jennifer James (2012). “Thinking In The Future Tense”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

There is a fear of peace that I don't understand. Witness the old epithet "peaceniks," the association of peace with weakness. We mistake kindness for weakness in individuals, too. Gandhi found the essence of Christianity to be gentleness, the exaltation of means over ends. Using violence, against us or them, to achieve peace is like beating children to get them to be good. It only works in the short term. Believe in peace, think peace, live peace. Be a building-block of peace. Make it the center of your strength.

Jennifer James

Peace, Kindness, Children

Rush hour brings out the worst in some people. They make faces, gesture, yell, call names, bump you with their car, and lean on their horn over the slightest perception that they are right and you are wrong. If you take any of these signals seriously, you can be hurt every time you drive. If you cannot crack a joke within a few minutes of rear-ending someone on the freeway, don't go out there.

Jennifer James

Hurt, Names, People

Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

Jennifer James

Jealousy, Pain, Envy

Jennifer James (1986). “Success Is the Quality of Your Journey”, William Morrow Paperbacks

You are much more than the sum of what you produce.

Jennifer James

Produce

Jennifer James (1987). “Windows”, Newmarket Press

People are beginning to realize that self-knowledge is not an end in itself. It's for the purpose of better relationships, so that we can give to our community. You can give from overflow. It's very hard to give from emptiness. . . . People who avoid self-knowledge cause a great deal of pain to themselves as well as to their families and friends.

Jennifer James

Pain, Self, People