Psychology Quote by John Donohue

“In the post-modern academic world, truth is often alleged to be relative.”

— John Donohue

“People crave certainty. And control. We spend our lives erecting coping mechanisms, little games we play to preserve the illusion of safety.”

— John Donohue

“Of course, it’s not that I really work there. Dorian, like many other colleges, pays a horde of part-time teachers to do the dirty…

— John Donohue

“On good days I hope we were formed for a purpose, but there is also a deep throbbing, a grim Celtic warning that life…

— John Donohue

“We began to circle each other, looking for a tsuki, a gap in concentration, that would permit an attack.”

— John Donohue

“When I started my studies years ago, I thought of myself as an academic with an interest in the martial arts. Then I met…

— John Donohue

“I was sandwiched in between the Colonel and Hanrahan. I looked at the driver and nodded at the crowd in black shirts. “This the…

— John Donohue

“The truly wise know that what we really need are those things that permit our true natures to emerge.”

— John Donohue

“The realization of what was happening meant that I had to shift mental gears. There is, after all, fighting. And then there is fighting.…

— John Donohue

“But didn’t you see that last technique?” Baker pressed. “The blindfold?” He sounded incredulous, but the eyes were still watchful. I noticed the subtle…

— John Donohue

“He looked off into the distance with narrowed eyes. Man of action, seeing things no one else does. “Let’s just say we had indications…”…

— John Donohue

“To train in the martial arts is like being apprenticed to frustration, to the burn of effort, and the unattainable criteria of perfection. There’s…

— John Donohue