Of course, I don't know everything. Considering the infinite amount of knowledge that one could acquire in a virtually innumerable array of intellectual disciplines, it's probably more accurate to say that I don't know anything. Dean Koontz More Quotes by Dean Koontz More Quotes From Dean Koontz Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us. We want a simple world, but we live in a magnificently complex one, and rather than open ourselves to it, we perceive the world through filters that make it less daunting. Dean Koontz eye simple lying The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss. Dean Koontz gratitude grief love-you Loving the ideal more than the reality is the cause of all the misery the human species creates for itself. Dean Koontz misery causes reality Little mouse, you were so quick, so bright, so sweet, so full of life. And you still are everything you were then. None of it’s lost forever. All that promise, all that hope, that love and goodness—it’s still inside you. No one can take the gifts God gave you. Only you. Dean Koontz forever sweet promise The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility, you sometimes cant even hear crickets chirping. Dean Koontz responsibility justice world What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry? Dean Koontz accomplish doe worry I believe that we carry within us a divinely inspired moral imperative to love ... We have within us the ability to change for the better and to find dignity as individuals rather than as drones in one mass movement or another. We have the ability to love, the need to be loved, and the willingness to put our own lives on the line to protect those we love, and it is in these aspects of ourselves that we can glimpse the face of God; and through the exercise of these qualities, we come to a Godlike state. Dean Koontz quality exercise believe Atlas isn't carrying the world on his shoulders, no giant muscular hulk with a sense of responsibility; the world is balanced on a pyramid of clowns, and they are always tooting horns and wobbling and goosing each other. Dean Koontz giants pyramids responsibility Anger is a violent emotion, vindictive, and as dangerous to he who is driven by it as to anyone on whom it is turned. Dean Koontz violent anger emotion Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every man would be a monster. The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our redemption. Dean Koontz pain humility men To many people, free will is a license to rebel not against what is unjust or hard in life but against what is best for them and true. Dean Koontz rebel unjust people People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they can help it-those are the real heros. Dean Koontz real hurt hero Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. Dean Koontz faith expectations worry Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what. Dean Koontz perseverance feet running That's all that matters, really: that we can make each other feel better. Dean Koontz feel-better matter feels Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries. Dean Koontz mystery kingdoms mind When we don't allow ourselves to hope, we don't allow ourselves to have purpose. Without purpose, without meaning, life is dark. We've no light within, and we're just living to die. Dean Koontz light purpose dark Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one. Dean Koontz rip pain heart Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at many moment, cry, "Let's go!" and lead them on a great adventure. Dean Koontz dog heart adventure Living in the modern age, death for virtue is the wage. So it seems in darker hours. Evil wins, kindness cowers. Ruled by violence and vice we all stand upon thin ice. Are we brave or are we mice, here upon such thin, thin ice? Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any price? Dean Koontz knowing winning kindness
