Top 72 Quotes & Sayings by James Van Praagh

90 percent of the people in the world make their decisions based on fear.

Everything is energy. Thought is energy and thoughts are real things.

Think of today as an opportunity to discover and grow beyond your mental and emotional discomfort.

Ideas are merely sensations imprinted deep inside us...Like attracts like...There is great wisdom in the subconscious mind. If you begin to work with it, it can be of tremendous benefit to you and serve as an excellent reservoir of knowledge.

You are made of Love, and this Earth is rich with opportunities to Love. Love is all around you.

If you want to know what you are here to do, how you can be more loving, or how to get through a difficult situation, my answer is always meditate. The difference between prayer and meditation is that when we pray, we are asking for something, and when we meditate, we are listening to the answer.

Everyone can experience loving himself and opening up to awareness.

I'd rather look forward and dream, than look backward and regret.

You are a multidimensiona l being because your human body houses your spirit body, and your spirit body is not limited by dimensions of time, space, or form. As you grow spiritually, you become more perceptive of these other dimensions.

Beliefs can be roadways or roadblocks. A variety of beliefs can make life interesting and colorful.

The more we make an effort to keep our thoughts positive, the more pleasurable our journey in life will be.

No one is in your life by mistake.

Thoughts are like bullets. You should be aware when you walk into a building what energy is there, whose thoughts are there. People should realize when people think of you their thought is on you.

Our fears can cause us to miss out on a lot of experiences and golden opportunities. Don't let your fears rob you of your life.

The time has come for us to envision ourselves as spiritual beings of light and love.

Based on our natural heritage as the Divine Light of God, every one of us possesses intuition... defined as the language of the soul.

If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened!

Our connection with our intuitive self is ever present and always a part of ourselves.

We limit ourselves so much. And, we limit heaven too. We think it's a place where angels just play harps. And hell has to be fire and brimstone. But that's very untrue.

There is a higher more powerful part of you. Your higher self will come through your intuition, coincidences and synchronicity of all kinds.

We use intuition as a way to connect with our Divine Self.

I am pretty specialized in people who pass over. Predictions are not my thing. Every medium is a psychic and every psychic is a medium. I do that occasionally but my specialty is spiritual pasts.

I believe miracles are like seeds. When planted and watered by our attention and appreciation, they bloom.

Laugh every chance you get. Laughter is sure to break the bonds of negativity that may be lurking about.

The spirits talk of many levels. It's not a physical level where you go up the steps to get to the next one. It's consciousness and how evolved spiritually you are.

We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else's idea of life.

I do read, but not as much as I'd like to. I take five books at once and just scan through them.

If you are centered in peace and think thoughts that are kind and loving, you will attract the same kind of ideas and feelings back to you. Remember, thoughts are like very powerful magnets!

As a spirit having a human experience, you can choose to not merely exist but to be fully conscious and aware of living in a limited world. When you take a conscious part in life and its multitudes of choices, you won't let life happen to you - you will make life happen for you.

I had been doing private readings for ten years when my guides said, "We want you to reach more people." Then I said "How?" They said, "You're going to write a book." And I said, "Oh, yeah sure, I'm going to write a book. No way." But I did an outline. And I got pushed by my development circle.

Because our consciousness doesn’t die at death, we carry our mind-set of thoughts and beliefs with us to the other side. As in life, so in death. When we cross over into the other dimensions, we continue to create experiences through our thoughts, the same way we did in life.

At Death we are aware that we are more than just our physical bodies.

Once you realize you're a spiritual being, you see life so differently. You respect things. You're more responsible to yourself and others.

Thoughts are like bullets. They go right to you. You're like the target. When you walk around and you are depressed or there is fatigue or a behavior which you're not used to, that can be someone else's energy on you. You need to know how to clean that off. Also people want to contact loved ones who have passed over.

When you're around negative energy it gets to you if you keep letting it affect you.

I love people, studying people. That's the Scorpio part of me. We are natural detectives; we like to find things out.

The universe is limitless and so are you. There is a limitless supply of good that the universe wants to show you. Step out of the way and let it be!

Love is never static, but always evolving. Love is simultaneously random and ordered, so intangible and yet a part of everything, and when we attempt to limit it or categorize it, we get into trouble.

I just think it's a time where there is a lot of uncertainty. People are questioning life and the finality of life and what happens in the after life. I think sometimes when religions aren't answering certain questions people search elsewhere.

When you write about esoteric things, it can be way out there.

TV is a responsibility, not only in entertaining people, but using this medium of television in positive ways to teach people and enlighten people.

I've been working in Hollywood for a long time now in many different aspects in front of the camera, behind the camera, and I've worked with top executives, presidents of networks. I've worked all around. I see energy and what's around these studios and a lot of these offices. You don't get the high positions in these companies if you don't take advantage of other people in some way. I've seen that around. I've seen that around the studios, whether it's producers or whoever. Egos are there. Greed.

I want to teach parents how they can help their kids with death, grief, and losing things, the journey of life.

Following the path of love is always your soul's true desire.

Spiritual evolution is part of every soul's destiny on Earth, and each soul grows and evolves at a different rate. You are right where you need to be.

If you're on the path you're meant to be on, everything falls into place; the Universe is telling you that. If you are not on the right path, you will experience roadblocks all along the way, and this is also the Universe telling you to stop, look, and ask if this is where you are supposed to be.

Thoughts are very real, even if we can't see them. They create real & powerful feelings & experiences.

Our souls cannot be forced to grow, but like flowers, our spiritual selves can be nurtured until they blossom and flourish.

You never truly know someone until you've stood in their shoes and walked around in them.

Forgiveness is not an occassional act; it is a permanent attitude.

We unfortunately are conditioned at a very young age, "You have to do this to be loved." That's why I put in the children. You have to open them up early, encourage them, and listen to them.

I never wanted to be an author or thought I could be.

When you meditate, you activate cosmic energies.

I think that all things are spirit and are derived from spirit. When you look at life from that perspective, it takes on a whole new meaning.

Trusting your intuition is like learning to ride a bike. Everything takes practice before it becomes second nature.

All things happen in their proper time. Everything in life happens in the time allocated for it. Don't waste energy worrying about end results. Worrying only distracts you from living day to day and enjoying life!

Meditation is a doorway to the soul.

The burden of regret can weigh us down heavily on our spiritual journey. The best way to release regret is to forgive ourselves.

Fear holds us back. Fear or love. That's all there is. We make all our decisions based on these two things.

Follow your heart and be true to yourself. Never live the life of another. You have to create your own road.