Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The world is beautiful and glorious. Humanity can be mean, and turn away from what's good.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“A cynic once said that the most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
When I am battered and oppressed by the world that humanity has made - which is difference from the world that is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
You know what's wrong with humanity?... The greatest gift we were given is our free will, and we keep misusing it. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined-those dead, those living, those generations yet to come-that the fate of all is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Is there some meaning to this life? What purpose lies behind the strife? Whence do we come, where are we bound? These… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“From all these friends, I could not escape learning some of the statistics that I preferred not to know. Forty-one people at… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined those dead, those living, those generations yet to come that the fate of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Most people regard the primeval forest as a threatening domain of wilderness trails that often lead bewildered hikers to their deaths, nests… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Although she had resisted this knowledge all her life, had lived determinedly in the future focused there by ambition, she understood at… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Years later, after other experiences with dogs, I wondered if their species were shaped and charmed to serve as four-legged guides able… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“This kind of derangement is emblematic of humankind. Grave faults are said to be only eccentricities, and imperfections are routinely celebrated as mere differences… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“He often remembered his dad's admonition that envy was mental theft. If you coveted another man's possessions, Dad said, then you should be willing… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate guilt but,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Her mother said that three great powers kept the universe going. The first and the strongest was God. Each of the two additional powers… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“I stopped keeping an eye out for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve because, when I was five, my mother told me that Santa was… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“To one degree or another, I have been happy most of my life, in part because the world has infinite charms if you wish… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“This life is just a bootcamp, to test and toughen us, to prepare us for the next life of service in some great adventure.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Some will accuse me of being judgmental. Thank you. And proud of it. You wreck a kid's life, I have no pity for you.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
“Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice… — Dean Koontz Copy Share
