--- title: "4 John Chaffee Quotes" description: "John Chaffee has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/john-chaffee-65207_perspective_when-we-expand-our-thinking-we-expand-wh_261928.jpg" --- # John Chaffee **4** quotes in **15** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by John Chaffee > [“When we expand our thinking, we expand who we are as human beings: the perspective from which we view the world, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chaffee/when-we-expand-our-thinking-we-expand-who-we-are-as-human-beings-the/) [John Chaffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chaffee/) [Perspective](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perspective/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/john-chaffee-65207_perspective_when-we-expand-our-thinking-we-expand-wh_261928.jpg) > [“Many people are in fact living with a diminished sense of meaning, and they struggle to fill the void within them by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chaffee/many-people-are-in-fact-living-with-a-diminished-sense-of-meaning-and/) [John Chaffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chaffee/) [Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/john-chaffee-65207_desire_many-people-are-in-fact-living-with-a-di_1410504.jpg) > [“Everybody "thinks" - Homo sapiens means "thinking man" - but most people don't "think" very well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chaffee/everybody-thinks-homo-sapiens-means-thinking-man-but-most-people-don/) [John Chaffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chaffee/) [Homo sapiens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/homo-sapiens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/john-chaffee-65207_homo-sapiens_everybody-thinks-homo-sapiens-means-thin_2911810.jpg) > [“Dr. Frankl discovered that even under the most inhumane of conditions, one can live a life of purpose and meaning. But for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chaffee/dr-frankl-discovered-that-even-under-the-most-inhumane-of-conditions/) [John Chaffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chaffee/) [Animal life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/john-chaffee-65207_animal-life_dr-frankl-discovered-that-even-under-the_2991003.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chaffee/#itemlist", "name": "John Chaffee Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When we expand our thinking, we expand who we are as human beings: the perspective from which we view the world, and the concepts and values we use to guide our choices.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Chaffee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chaffee/when-we-expand-our-thinking-we-expand-who-we-are-as-human-beings-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/john-chaffee-65207_perspective_when-we-expand-our-thinking-we-expand-wh_261928.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/john-chaffee-65207_perspective_when-we-expand-our-thinking-we-expand-wh_261928.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/john-chaffee-65207_perspective_when-we-expand-our-thinking-we-expand-wh_261928.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When we expand our thinking, we expand who we are as human beings: the perspective from which we view the…” — John Chaffee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Many people are in fact living with a diminished sense of meaning, and they struggle to fill the void within them by frantically pursuing power, money, pleasure, thrills, mind-altered states, or the latest psychic fad. 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