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Psychology Quotes by Dean Koontz

43 Psychology quotes by Dean Koontz

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A warm cookie can melt a restless mind, showing how simple comforts calm thoughts. The quotes say the heart sometimes knows what the mind cannot explain, and that without faith the mind becomes a runaway worry generator. They also highlight darkness in thoughts and the redeeming power of pity.

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Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul

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The recognition of pain and fear in others give rise in us to pity, and in our pity is our humanity, our…

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“The depth of your wardrobe dazzles the mind. Ralph Lauren weeps.”

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...like a scene from the swamps of Louisiana or the mind of Poe on opium.

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Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind.

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Funny, how one good cookie could calm the mind and even elevate a troubled soul.

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“I believe our recognition of reality’s complex dimensions is a consequence of our solitude.”

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Behind every closed door might wait a thief of minds and a collector of souls.

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The world is full of broken people. Splints, casts, miracle drugs, and time can't mend fractured hearts, wounded hearts, wounded minds, torn…

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Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and…

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“The why of the mind's existence and the how of its profound capacity to reason - especially its penchant for moral reasoning…

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Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can…

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“My supernatural gift might reside not in my mind instead in my heart. The heart is an artist that paints over what…

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“the recognition of Evil, not as it was portrayed by Disney villains, but as it was in fact: ruthless and irrational, selfish…

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What most people find important, you do not. This is Wisdom. To what you believe is important, you are ready to give…

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“in ecstasy, it is essentially not about sensation but about passion, and passion is not of the flesh but of the mind…

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Pain is a gift. Humanity, without pain, would know neither fear nor pity. Without fear, there could be no humility, and every…

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“Keep in mind the roots of violence: Lust, envy, anger, avarice, and vengeance...the taproot...the killer's ultimate and truest motivation...is the hatred of…

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“wonder sometimes why those who theorize about the human mind can so easily believe in the existence of things they cannot see…

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“For a better part of a decade, he had been outside society, distanced in mind and spirit if not in body. But…

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“Nothing can be imagined, nothing can be visualized in our minds, until we have a word for it. Therefore, when I give…

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“Wealth had not corrupted him. What he’d chosen to do with his wealth corrupted him. First he insulated himself from ordinary human…

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“Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations. And because…

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If she possessed any memory whatsoever of the days when she'd been whole, her shattered recollections were scattered across the darkscape of…

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“it is essentially not about sensation but about passion, and passion is not of the flesh but of the mind and heart.”

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“In his mind he saw them standing with the tips of their organs pressed together ejaculating into each other's penis.”

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Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.

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Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.

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...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.

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Sometimes there is no darker place than our thoughts, the moonless midnight of the mind.

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Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it.

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Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries.

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“...wonder admits to the existence of mystery...recognition of mystery allows the possibility of Truth.”

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“But sometimes I knew things with my heart that my mind could not explain.”

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Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good…

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“Either the gates of hell had opened, or Tom had lost his mind; for there could be nothing like this entity outside…

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“Although there was much I wanted to say, I knew that I should not. His mind and heart were out of alignment,…

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Of all the things we can feel with our minds and bodies, severe pain is the purest, for it drives everything else…

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A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame…

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A great deal of phenomenal experience has fostered in me a flexibility of the mind and imagination that some might call madness

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“To one degree or another, I have been happy most of my life, in part because the world has infinite charms if you wish…

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“A madman should have a madman’s laugh, not the warm chuckle of a favorite uncle.”

“Anger was a reliable defense, but one that allowed no chance of final victory. Anger was a medicine but never a cure, briefly numbing…

“Nothing is predetermined for us, and yet all our possible choices are threads in the vast weave of things, so that we have free…

“In fact, time teaches us that the musical score of life oscillates between that of Psycho and that of The Sound of Music, with…

“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.”

“Waiting is one of the things that humans beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully…

“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…